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MichaelG
17-12-04, 14:12
Its about that time, and i am considering putting my MKIV N/A 1994 J-Spec into Toyota to get the Timing Belt done, but they are notorious for overpricing here. Can someone give me a rough estimate of what i should be looking to pay to have the timing belt supplied and fitted by them please ?

Also is the standard belt fine enough, or is there an aftermarket one thats stronger for just the same price ?

Cheers

Michael
:cool:
Digsy
17-12-04, 19:25
£215.93 at my local Toyota dealer.
weinelm
18-12-04, 16:11
I payed £193 at my local Toyota garage. I was expecting it to be more!

Timing belt £28.83
Labour £135.50
Consumables £3.50
Plus the dreaded VAT £28.76

Worth having done on a Jspec for peace of mind, cos they don't seem to have much in the way of service history.
weinelm
18-12-04, 16:17
...Which reminds me...

Before I had my belt changed there was a little sticker on the camcover that said something in Japanese about the milage of the timing belt change. Does anyone know if this means:-

a) Mileage that the belt WAS changed at, or
b) Mileage that the belt is DUE for change.

Since I've had my belt done I have a new sticker that says in English option a). But wonder is the Jap label is different?

I want to know cos it would probably help be verify whether my ODO milage is genuine or not!
Nic
18-12-04, 16:32
Power Enterprise make uprated timing belts for the Supra, I have one fitted on my car, not sure how the cost compares to standard belt.

http://www.power-enterprise.co.jp/
Barnstormer
18-12-04, 19:17
weinelm

if you post a picture of the sticker I will translate it for you. My Japanese is rusty but still OK.

ATB
paul mac
18-12-04, 20:25
having done the belt myself, if you can get a price of £200 like the above guys i would say that is a fair price, its not a hard job just alot of messing particularly if the bottom pulley nut wont come off, see if you can get a fixed price
weinelm
18-12-04, 21:26
Thanks I'll see if a can get the old sticker off, trouble is it's under the new one!
absxxxx
19-12-04, 10:10
i changed a couple and both times the crank pully has been so tight to undo .:(
weinelm
20-12-04, 17:40
if you post a picture of the sticker I will translate it for you. My Japanese is rusty but still OK.

ATB

Please see attached. Sorry it's a bit grainy - I couldn't separate it from the new one stuck on top, so I had to scan it from the back and flip it!
Barnstormer
20-12-04, 23:10
was fairly straighforward to translate. Basically is says:

Timing Belt Replacement (Maintenance Record)
Was Replaced: 21 April 2001
Mileage: 99396 km

So that was when it was done, not when it needed to be done. The dates are in Japanese format which is a bit different. The 13 4 21 means 13th year of Emperor Showa's reign, 4 month, 21st day. Currently it is Year 16 in Japan by their calendar.

Hope this helps.

ATB
weinelm
21-12-04, 01:36
That's great thank you! That all seems to stack up. Looks like I might have replaced my belt a year or so early... but theres no harm in that!
mr keef
22-12-04, 01:08
when should it be changed? miles wise? :eek:
rob wild
22-12-04, 15:02
I had mine inspected by a local Toyota dealer and they said it could do with changing, the car has done 43K, but they were charging 260 pounds to do it!

So i took it to a local garage that deals with imports and they replaced all the belts for £160 which i was really please with.

As far as changing the belts etc i was told to have a look at the maintenace schedule below:

http://www.mkiv.com/manual/manualtt/maintenance_schedule/a.jpg

I don't know where people follow it or not. :)