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Its about time that i replace my timing belt. Does anyone know how much i'll be up for?

joshfto wrote:Its about time that i replace my timing belt. Does anyone know how much i'll be up for?

order one through unique and get them to pack it in with everything else...

from memory they are like 180.

so $220to install? (going by $400 for everything of course..)
so.. does that mean its a 4 hour job?

It depends if you want factory timing belt of aftermarket. I paid about $220 for a factory one, but had offers for less then this for an aftermarket. Because its a pretty important component I wanted to make sure it was going to last another 100K.

Labour will depend mate, there are heaps of posts on this but if your getting your timing belt done, you may as well get all your other belts etc done at the same time (im assuming you havent yet). If you are getting close to 100k you will need to do all the belts, plugs, seals, possibly fuel line etc, and all the hard to get to parts inside the engine bay. Its not normally a cheap service.

The Mitsubishi dealers here in wagga said they can get me a genuine one for $280. Does anyone have any info on fitting a timing belt? I used the guide from funky fto to do the spark plugs. Its seems no one here can service my car so im doing as much as i can myself.

timing belt changes are normally part of a major service and should be done by a trained professional. as already stated they should be done when doing a major service covering everything that isn't normally serviced.

If you are a mechanic you should be able to do it quite easily (full instructions can be found in the FTO Technical Manuals) i wouldn't risk doing it yourself if you are not trained as a poor fit or not doing it properly will cost thousands in rebuilding the engine.

anyone have the gates timing belt number for a GR? I heard recently that someone picked one up for around 100 bucks. But when i went into repco, my mate couldnt find one in that region, all were around 300 bucks!

thanks

hey how would i go about ordering those belts timing belt, and stuff thru unique? wats the number for them? and does anyone know or can recommend a decent place thats not too expensive but can do the job right around sydney? its getting close to the 100k mark and i wanna get mine changed ...

PLUS .. i know u've prolly read this before but anyone got any suggestions on where i can get the railing for sunroof? its been out of commission for months cause i cant find the damn railing ......

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got my timing belt though UAS i think it was $145. Send them an email - they pretty much just need the engine type and year from memory.

It is a gates belt - i beleive that is who mitsubishi use to make the genuine part anyway.

whats UAS?

payaya wrote:whats UAS?

Unique Auto Sports

where are they?

im in melbourne.

the cheap place in melbourne area was S.L Motorsport located in springvale.. from what ive been told on here they do timing belts for FTO's and dont charge too much.

cant member the details though, but if u do a search u should find em..

Unique Auto Sports are the mob that smorison has been developing parts with. They are in sydney - which means there will be a postaged fee if you are outside sydney.