Quote Originally Posted by JAMAS View Post
I just scheduled my timing belt replacement at the local Isuzu shop. Any day of the week it is $380 + tax. However, the last time I talked to him, during my $700 all fluids synthesized and serpentine belt replaced, he mentioned about a 20% off. So I held him to it.

Should be done for $304 + Tax. <KnockOnWood>Unless something else is broken when they go digging.</KnockOnWood>
So here is my question- How the hell is a shop going to do this for only $304? Is that labor only? I spent damn near $900 on OEM parts for this maintenance! Or are you ONLY doing a belt change and leaving the water pump, radiator hoses, idler pulley, tensioner pulley and push tensioner original?

I could understand $300 for the labor, but what about all the parts???? Are after market parts REALLY that much cheaper than Merlin?

Bart