Waltham/Boston area mechanic

[todonnell07]

Anyone know of a good mechanic in the Waltham or Boston area? Looking to get the timing belt and everything done. Just moved here and don't have a garage to do it myself. I got a quote and it was $1300 for water pump and timing belt.

[TimKninja]

Im in Providence, Here at Banchwerks. We do alot of E30 work, and Im sure we'll charge way less then $1300. I know the M20 like the back of my hand.

Theres a thread on the New England BImmerforums section that i believe is called "Where to take your BMW for service in Boston"

[todonnell07]

Thank you. I might have found one up here. I'll find out for sure Monday. I'll message you if it falls though. Nobody want to work on the classics anymore.

[TimKninja]

Thank you. I might have found one up here. I'll find out for sure Monday. I'll message you if it falls though. Nobody want to work on the classics anymore.

Awesome , make sure it a guy who knows the older stuff! And to Post his shop info and stuff so we can reference it again, there's one of these threads every few months!

[Dana R]

Anyone know of a good mechanic in the Waltham or Boston area? Looking to get the timing belt and everything done. Just moved here and don't have a garage to do it myself. I got a quote and it was $1300 for water pump and timing belt.

That is an insane price for that work. Would you mind letting us know who the ripoff artist is?

[todonnell07]

Not to talk bad about the company. They seem to do good work and Rob the owner there is very knowledgable. But it's Boston Motor Werks in Belmont.

[FredK]

I bet it books for 6 hours, but can be done in a couple hours for an experienced mechanic. It's a great time to replace the cam seals, but those only add maybe 15 minutes to the job, and cost like $5.

I've also heard that Boston Motor Werks is a pretty good shop.

[Dana R]

I bet it books for 6 hours, but can be done in a couple hours for an experienced mechanic. It's a great time to replace the cam seals, but those only add maybe 15 minutes to the job, and cost like $5.

I've also heard that Boston Motor Werks is a pretty good shop.

I've heard that they are a good shop too. I'm wondering if they had some other work included that you aren't telling us about.

[TimKninja]

I bet it books for 6 hours, but can be done in a couple hours for an experienced mechanic. It's a great time to replace the cam seals, but those only add maybe 15 minutes to the job, and cost like $5.

I've also heard that Boston Motor Werks is a pretty good shop.

actually book time is 3 hours :/ According to Alldata

[M-technik-3]

On a clean engine....you know how that goes.