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bobbyjames
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URGENT: Broken Timing Chain in Guerre Negro, need suggestions
car at a shop, loaded as I am moving to La Paz...
looking for a person to load the car and take it to la paz...any ideas?
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gnukid
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Either way you need a place to stay for the night, can you get towed by rope to a hotel, Cowboy or Malarimo or other spot to strategize and secure
your stuff, likely it will take a few days to setup the tow. Nomads can recommend more secure place, I think Cowboy has gated parking?
Talk Baja has many tow people referenced - I would guess flat bed tow truck is US$1000-2000 and US$1000 to pull the motor and replace the timing chain
though it could be much cheaper depending on find the parts and reliable mechanic there in GN - could be just $US200-300 but timing chain failure
often results in damage to motor requiring rebuilt motor and many parts or new/used motor.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TalkBaja/search/?query=tow&a...
What kind of car? Specific model/year/motor?
Is the motor damaged? Did it throw a rod? If not, it's not the parts can perhaps be delivered to a mechanic fix it there to drop the motor and replace
the timing chain and gear, the parts can be delivered by bus if they are not there? I can look for timing chain and gear and gaskets for you in La
Paz?
Towing it requires a flat bed trailer, truck or proper dolly, that depends on the vehicle type?
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gnukid
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No experience with any of these people but they do towing/moving in Baja
Terry Curtis Any Questions ? Need Help ? ☎️ Call us 612 688 1533 🚛612 688 1533 todossantosmail@gmail.com
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Need help moving to Mexico serving all Tijuana, Rosarito, Ensenada, San Felipe , Puerto Peñasco all California, Nevada and Arizona .. Based here in
San Diego we also offer local mover .. call text or msj here today for a quote 619-634-8963 Danny
Buck Baker https://www.facebook.com/buck.baker.33
Francisco Salvatierra
Towing services from DJ pescadero to quote the service
612 167 8235
(I'm guessing this is Mexican phone so dial accordingly)
Gruas LA Paz https://www.facebook.com/grua.la.paz/
Gabriel Fernandez Higuera
612 108 5248
Econo Gruas La Paz
Raul Cota
612 108 3199
Baja Powerhouse
http://www.bajapowerhouse.com
646 160 2454
Gruas Rentalo
612 108 5248
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JZ
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If there isn't a flat bed in GN, I'd look for one in Santa Rosalia or La Paz.
Got to be one in La Paz.
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David K
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Baja has great mechanics, surely someone can fix it in Guerrero Negro?
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bajarickster
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hey Bob, looks like you're getting some response. i'm still looking here in La Paz but with the Dia De Candlearia holiday this weekend, it's going to
be tough. it's a 3 day event so relax and have some atole and tamales with the locals and go whale watching. we'll figure something out
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dravnx
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A broken timing chain is death to most engines as they are interference engines. That means if the pistons and valves are out of time, they will
impact each other.
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KasloKid
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I think he just wants to get his car to La Paz so he can deal with it there.
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Don Pisto
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true but its a non interference engine it would make sense to have it repaired in GN......either way good luck and happy motoring
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larryC
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If it was me I would have it repaired in GN and save the towing charge. GN is an industrial town with lots of mechanic shops. You won't have any
trouble there finding a reputable shop to repair it.
Off grid, 12-190 watt evergreen solar panels on solar trackers, 2-3648 stacked Outback inverters, 610ah LiFePo4 48v battery bank, FM 60 and MX60
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John M
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Call Shari for mechanic recommendation
Shari at Bahia Asuncion I know has recommended good mechanics in either Guerrero Negro or Vizciano.
US Phone - 619-906-8438
Mex phone - 615-155-7197 ( do not have the prefix readily available)
John M
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RocketJSquirrel
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Just get it fixed. Towing presents a whole 'nother set of problems.
Probably cheaper to get it fixed than to get it towed. It's a LONG way to La Pax.
Don't freak out. Just get a decent room to stay in, secure parking and get it sorted out.
People here are very decent and will happy to help you and earn a buck or two helping you. They work for such modest amounts, you have nothing to fear
- like dealing with a mechanic shop in the USA where real robbery occurs daily.
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BajaRat
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Enjoy GN,
Malarimo Restaurant Hotel could arrange a longer term solution, you lock your stuff up while seeing what this will cost
If you’re lucky the price of the avoided tow will pay off with Whale watching, good food and one more Baja adventure
Lionel 
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Alan
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I should arrive in GN Friday evening so stay in touch and let me know if you have this resolved by then.
In Memory of E-57
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4x4abc
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another one of those posts where many members dig up collective knowledge to help - but the OP disappears into thin air after the first post
Harald Pietschmann
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AKgringo
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More unsolicited collective knowledge; an interference engine will probably need at least repairs to the cylinder head, but possibly not!
I spun a few teeth off of the timing belt 0n a 2.0L Kia engine, so it went out of timing with the camshafts still all linked together. Major damage,
$1200 dollar repair!
The most recent timing belt damage was to another Kia, same engine. This one broke straight across, so the valves were able to be pushed back up
without being linked into an intact belt.
We put a new belt on it and did a compression test before going into removing the cylinder head. One cylinder was ten PSI lower than the others, so
we put it back together with relatively minor labor costs, and it runs fine.
I know the OP didn't ask for this, but hey...we can talk!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
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thebajarunner
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Another solution..... a short haul down to Viscaino.
I always thought, it I had a serious vehicle breakdown that would be the place to get it fixed
That town is just one great big automotive repair shop.....
And I too am wondering where the OP has gone.....
"Gone With the Wind" I guess....
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pacificobob
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Quote: Originally posted by bobbyjames  | car at a shop, loaded as I am moving to La Paz...
looking for a person to load the car and take it to la paz...any ideas? |
Urgent?? To me that means there's some bleeding or something is on fire. A timing chain is marginally qualified for that label.
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shari
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I just got back from the lagoon...if you need a secure place to put stuff I have it as I am in Guerrero Negro. Chepe is an epic trustworthy mechanic
and can at least tell you what you might do and he would know about flat beds etc too.
my number is 615 155 7197 or find me at Hotel Baja Oasis in the late afternoons & evenings
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micah202
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| Quote: Originally posted by larryC | | If it was me I would have it repaired in GN and save the towing charge. GN is an industrial town with lots of mechanic shops. You won't have any
trouble there finding a reputable shop to repair it. |
Could be a great place to apply 'the Mexican solution', find a matching wrecked vehicle and just switch engines out ...... though you may want to
service the TC on the replacement!** 
....**... though a trained eye can confirm a TC change was 'likely' done or not, by looking for tool wear in on the bolts involved. That was the
judgement given to my current ride, a '99 Sienna.
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