W126 560 question

[Matt300ZXT]

Im not quite sure how tech-y this question is, but im looking at an 88 560sel and curious what you guys in the Southeast especially have been paying for a timing chain/guide/sprocket service at a shop? The one im looking at has the odo stopped at 143k and the owner guesstimates around 146k total and no record of the timing chain and guides having been done.

[hbofinger]

Can't give you a current price, I did mine myself about 17 years ago. Back then it was supposedly a $1,500 job, or something in that neighborhood.

[DrewPT]

Matt, probably $1,000-$1,200 by a dealer-trained independent shop.

[rocky raccoon]

Roger Drew's estimate including replacing the cam oiler fittings. Based on an estimate for a 560SL (same engine).