guestimate for timing chain job? - the 87 Toyota posted about previously

[edgineered]

6. Recently we replaced the belt,

idler, tensioner, and water pump on a 90 something Toyota in just under 2 hours.

To be more accurate, the car belongs to my friends mother and he did all the work; not much difference in time had I done it. We are both experienced motorcycle mechanics and have the tools, equipment and shop to do it in.

Had you said you were doing it yourself I would have cautioned you about using the wrong length bolt into the water pump, told you to use white-out on the timing mark, an easy way to remove the bolt on the end of the crank, and guess-timate how long it would take you once hearing of your own experience and resources. Keep in mind that sometimes unexpected things happen on the simplest of jobs, stripped fasteners, bad gaskets, hidden problems, etc, and shops have to take that into account when giving you an estimate.

Hopefully things go well.