Shop - Labor Time?

[vidro]

What I am about to ask is speculative and directly proportional to a persons skill and the condition of the vehicle.

How much time should I expect it will take for me to do the following job:

Timing belt and water pump.

 

Shop manual labor time is what I guess I'm looking for.

 

You DO NOT have to take into consideration all the problems that this vehicle has all ready given me,.

I'm trying to get a ball park figure so I can tell my wife how long to stay at the mall.

[Precise1]

LMAO !! Sorry I cant help there but may I suggest giving her a weekend pass somewhere ?? GL Bud...

 

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[Vsicks Pathy]

With what I have read in various posts here, the time depends soley on the person doing the job. I would suggest a couple of hours would be a good time but I have seen people say 6 hours?

[Vsicks Pathy]

See if you find something here to help.

 

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[vidro]

Ah Cool, Big help guys thanks.

 

I figured if it takes the average Joe 2 to 6 hours on a standard Pathfinder than if I'm lucky it might take me a day and half with a vehicle possessed by some entity from a Steven King book.

 

I figured while I'm doing the T-belt and pump I would have a Catholic friend of mine get his priest over to the house to do a little exercising/exorcizing, which ever, Lords know I need both.

 

In a previous post I mentioned the vehicle was "wobbling", I accuse the front end. What are some of the symptoms of that middle drive shaft bearing going out?

 

Plus on the front end, I would assume the my ability to twist the tie rod ends effortlessly back and forth is not a good thing?

[vidro]

Something else Please, thank you.

 

I'm changing the water pump regardless (220,000 mile) it is not leaking but I'm hear a noises that sound Like a pulley or some thing like that making a "slushing" "rusty" rubbing" kind of sound and only really noticeable at idle.

 

Water pump?

 

Or is there another component in the belts "circuit" that is prone to going bad?

That may not make sense I guess it could be any thing from the Alternator , PSpump, smog pump, AC pulley, etc.

[Simon]

Plus on the front end, I would assume the my ability to twist the tie rod ends effortlessly back and forth is not a good thing?

Twisting is okay.....though, if they're too lose, usually you'll be able to make them move lengthwise...which is bad.

 

They have to be able to turn on the axis as that's where you get the flex when going over bumps.

 

If you can move them from outside to inside, along the length of the tie-rod assembly, that's a problem, and can cause your wobble.

[revgolem]

Official labor time for t-belt is 5.3 hours as i recall, that's what would be quoted from any shop you go to. i just happened to have looked it up yesterday because i'm about to do mine as well.

 

though the water pump is probobly a good idea to replace anyway, to same a some money right now and frustration in case the noises you are hearing don't go away, i would suggest investing in one of those mechanic's stethascopes to pinpoint exactly where it's coming from. i know the bearings in the ideler/tensioner pully tend to go out, and that's a quick fix for usually around $15 bucks or so.

[k9sar]

poor man's solution is a piece of 1/4 inch airline from an aquarium or a length of 1/2 vinyl tubing. One end in your ear and the other to probe around the engine. Works pretty good and is much cheaper.

 

As for the posession... a good chicken-bone cross and some high quality dark rum works wonders.

[94extreme]

 

In a previous post I mentioned the vehicle was "wobbling", I accuse the front end. What are some of the symptoms of that middle drive shaft bearing going out?

carrier bearing going out makes bad vibrations/noises under the floor.

 

 

when doing t-belt, don't forget to get cam seals while you're at it.