So i was quoted a price of 410 to replace the water pump and the timing belt. Is this a reasonable price?

95 accord 4 cyl non-vtec

 

Make sure that price includes balancer belt coolant and drive belts

 

Will do. Thanks!

 

that actually sounds a little low to me. in my area $500-650 is typical.

make sure they're doing a full timing belt job. you'll get a double hit for labor in the future if they have to go in again to replace a leaking oil seal that will be right in front of their face when replaceing the pump and belt.

a list of everything i expect for a good job:

timing belt
balancer belt
accesory belts (Alt-A/C and PS)
cam, crank and balancer oil seals
rear balancer o-ring gasket
water pump
thermostat
valve cover gasket
tensioner/idler pulleys (if old are noisy or over 200k miles)

it's also a good time to have the valves adjusted while they're in there, but i think most places will charge extra for that.

 

i got mine done for $350 (labor only)

Op, is this a labor + parts ordeal or is it just labor?

 

Cost me $700 last year in NYC

 

labor should be around 300-500 depending on shop

OEM parts should be around 150-200

 

I charge $450 for a timing belt balacer belt ,waterpump ,drivebelts , coolant using honda parts and labor
Any seals are extra parts only since everything is open

 

So now that everything done the total was 510

What was done:
Timing belt
Timing belt balance shaft
Water pump
Cam seal
Crank seal
Spark plugs (did for free)
Spark plug wires (warranty renewed)

All in all I think they did a good job because if there was anything else that was needed they would have called. I have experience with this mechanic and they have done that in the past.

Now where I think they got me is in my distributor

That came out to 338 in total. Distributor it self cam out to 210! It's that right? The labor came out to 91$. Looking to hear what you guys think of these prices. Thanks!

 

what was wrong with your distributor? was the 210 for a new dist.?

Yup, that's how much mine came too ($510)

 

That's not too bad for what they did. Although you can certainly get it done for cheaper, if it's a really good mechanic, you get what you paid for.