replacing timing belt

[scals37]

nah, they were busted before taking it in... found out that some person that isnt too fond of me meddled with my car on a drunken night... ill be taking care of that REAL soon ... anyway, i HAD to get the handles fixed regardless because of all the snow up here and i def didnt want to leave my door unlatched while trying to find a shop that would do them for a reasonable price, as for the leak.. he said the car is def driveable and just wouldnt pass emitions... so ill be able to compare prices at other shops for that

[kittay]

The door handles are fairly easy to change out. I've already done mine after the release broke.
You have to remove the inner door plastic, then the hardest part is getting the lock out of the handle.
If you're good with fiddeling with stuff, I'd check the price at Mitsu for the handles.

Have you checked and looked at the exhaust leak? Like after they told you about it, did they point it out to you?

[scals37]

i have yet to get the car back, so when they call me ill make sure to get some answers

[scals37]

heres the bill:

check car for idles low at start - $25
replace door handles - $150
handles - $87 ea
clean throttle plate - $75
total after tax - $456


told him to not worry about the exhaust just yet.. he had written down "egr valve port hole out of head leaking exhaust"

[SilvrEclipse]

man 150 labor for changing 2 door handles. Damn

[scals37]

yea the guy was telling me that the other mech was doing it and complaining about how hard it was to do, and his hands are all cut up... blah blah blah... im sitting there just thinking about how bad i was getting raped... wouldnt have suprised me if he had informed me of a magical unicorn in my tailpipe, ala dane cook

[gthompson97]

Originally Posted by scals37

wouldnt have suprised me if he had informed me of a magical unicorn in my tailpipe

Jumping around poking holes in the exhaust and shitting on the filters.

[SilvrEclipse]

Originally Posted by gthompson97

Jumping around poking holes in the exhaust and shitting on the filters.

LMAO!!

Those door handles are difficult to replace. I think it took me about 3 hrs to do one. You have to push a rod into the plastic clip but you cant really get to either.

[scals37]

anyway, should i go ahead and get quotes about the exhaust? will it be ok to drive around for a bit

[gthompson97]

It won't hurt anything driving it like that, the ticking might get a little louder over time, but it has nothing to do with the driveablitiy of the car.