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Hay guys, my gtt r34 skyline has just reached 100,000 km an in need of a service.

Can anybody recommend a good mechanic in the western suburbs area that does a good job, my mechanic has quoted me $650 inc parts and labour to replace fan belt, timing belt an replace the spark plugs i have used this mechanic on my old non turbo gt r34 when i was on my p's. He did a great job (car didnt break down for the rest of the time i owned it 6 months). So any help would be greatly appreciated.

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All good points, although he is a trusted mechanic an at the end of the day as long as he does a good job and it works as it should , at he end of the day it's still a motor regardless of the brand skyline.

Just make sure you assemble all the parts you need to change.

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its not a days work... its 3 hours if you know what you're doing... ive done at least 100 timing belt changes on skylines now lol.

Lol...I've never changed one and I know this...it would still easily take me a day though..

Plus if your mechanic is nice enough to only charge you trade price for parts, some are but many arent, Id say he is quite easily making a couple hundred off this..still a pretty good deal ..many say you should change your waterpump as well but if your radiator fluid is in good nick IE still bright green and not full of rust scale and your water system is clean I wouldnt worry to much about it..maybe Just throw a bottle of radiator flush in before you drive it to the mechanic and drive slowly, or get him to do it...

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its not a days work... its 3 hours if you know what you're doing... ive done at least 100 timing belt changes on skylines now lol.

Jeez your doing well if your changing timing belt and bearings, oil seals, water pump, coolant flush, spark plugs in 3 hours.

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that sounds pretty cheap...

i just did my second major... i changed:

- timing belt

- water pump

- cam and front crank seals

- timing belt idler bearing

- timing belt tensioner bearing

- air con belt

- power steering belt

- water pump belt

- thermostat

- engine oil

- coolant

- gearbox oil

- spark plugs

including parts and labor i paid $1400... and i still need to get the diff oil changed and a few other bits and pieces...

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