'01 Tundra Timing Belt--Addendum!

Good to hear. I think the confidence you gained alone was well worth
it. Besides, the cost wasn't out of line.




On Jan 29, 6:42 am, "pr" <pro....TakeThisOut@charter.net> wrote:
> Two weks ago, I came here and asked about my Tundra w/101K miles on it and
> it's need of a new timimng belt.
> I received some nice, detailed replies and thought I'd give you an update.
> I went to two independent Toyota 'garages' and got quotes from them on the
> job and then went to my dealer to see what they could do.
> Believe it or not, the dealer was right in line with the costs that the
> independent shops quoted me I just felt more confident in the dealer doing
> this job over the independents. They gave me a computer generated list of
> what they may have to do, including parts and labor. The other shops just
> gave me 'out of the air' quotes and were never really clear exactly what
> they would be replacing while in there. "We may do this, we may do that..."
> I went to the dealer, dropped off the Tundra and walked the one block home.
> About 5 hours later, they called and I picked it up and the total costs,
> including 3 oil seals, timing belt and water pump were just exactly as
> quoted, plus a one year warranty on their work. The other shops kind of
> hemmed and hawed about covering their work for more than one month.
> Anyway, my Tundra is back on the road with new oil seals, a new timing belt
> and a new water pump and should be good to go for another 100K.
> Again, thanks to all that responded to my initial inquiry.
>
> pr