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Originally Posted by Chris152
Thanks Bugjam, I had no idea so we'll be doing that.
Today I had the timing belt done on my VW at the independent Volvo garage I've used the last 14 years - worked out rather more expensive than the one we did yesterday. I proudly told the owner how we'd managed the task in under 4 hours, and he smiled. He's a quiet, modest man, which made his response all the more shocking to me - apparently, he used to be able to do them on a 240 in about 10 minutes, assuming all the tools were laid out ready at the start. He even listed off the top of the head all the socket sizes needed for each part. From many I'd think it just bravado, but I believe him - he started working when 240s were common in their workshop, and reckoned he'd done several hundred over the years. 10 minutes/ 4 hours!
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Chris, I just had a rather cynical and uncharitable thought that your garage mate has never charged anyone for just 10 minutes labour when he changed the cam belt on their Volvo 240.
:-)
Alan