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Do you change your own timing belt?

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Paul:
My 200tdi has a Zeus timing gear convertion kit fitted. 8)

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No timing belts for me. :wink:  :D

Dave:
I did mine with a little help. Take your time check & re check as you go not a hard job really.

IamGoliath:
:D My 200 tdi cambelt broke a half mile from home----[!Expletive Deleted!].  Due to the cost I opted to attempt the replacement and repair myself, it's not as hard as you may think, I had never done one before on any type of vehicle.  Thankfully the only damage was bent pushrods, so, 8 new pushrods, 1 new belt, gaskets and a new woodruft key (as mine was worn) along with alot of grunts and groans I managed to strip it all down, get the worst pushrods out with a claw hammer, remembering to lever against a piece of wood to protect the valvetrain, clean up the area, set the pump timing with a drill bit the camshaft with the marks on the casing and the crank TDC with the mark above the woodruft key shaft.  Slipped the belt on, fitted the tensioner on and set the approx tension with a torque wrench, plenty of gasket seal on both sides as well as the gasket and put it all back together.  Be carefull not to mix the casing bolts up as there are differing sizes.  To my relief it started first turn of the key and has kept running for approx 3000 miles now.  No special tools were purchased or used other than the spanner to remove the viscous fan.  Hope this inspires some of you to tackle the job yourself, I am no mechanic but mechanical knowledge is a must.

Reaper:
Yup I do all the work on all my vehicles and I have just done the T/belt housing, T/belt, tensioner and pulley on My Disco, just take your time and follow the manual. Fortunatly or unfortunatly I am not very trusting when it come to getting other poeple to do work for me be it mechanics, plumbing, electrics, decorating or building, infact anything that I can learn to do for myself for that matter!   :lol:
yes ok I am sad and tight  :lol:

Bulli:
If i had a timing belt i would do it myself....i avoid them neither car has one..chains are better for long life and no maintainence.
I had a bad experience where the LOCAL garage messed up - 300 miles later the new belt went pop and took out the followers and a couple of rods! They then tried to blame the belt manufacturer - i never got the job done to my satisfaction. But if you can help and learn its not a bad way to do it...would be daunting if you were working from haynes book of lies.

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