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Do you change your own timing belt?
jnoshea:
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--- Quote from: "jnoshea" ---My main reasons for this are a fear of shafting the engine by getting it wrong, and the fact that all the specialist tools needed amount to more than the job will cost in a garage (which seems to be about £150). Do you do yours?
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:?: :?: :?: :?: :?: , what special tools :?: :?: :?: :?: :?:
I've done mine twice so far and haven't brought any special tools.
Chris
ps: if your just changing the belt, for the sake of it and pulleys are ok, you don't have to worry about upsetting the timing. cut the belt in half (down the middle), slide on the new one and then cut off the old half and finish off pushing on the new one.... job's a gooden :idea:
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What a freaking superb tip! Thanks.
Concerning the 'no special tools then' How do stop the crankshaft from turning when you're trying to undo the nut holding the pulley/damper on, I understand that it is done up to a very high torque. And don't you need a special puller to get the pulley/damper off? My father is coming up on the weekend to help me get the head back on, but if I can do the job without any special tools I might have a go at the timing belt too.
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I stuck a drill bit through a hole that was there :idea: :idea:
Chris
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What to stick in between the teeth of the flywheel?
And what about getting the pulley wheel off, did you rig up a makeshift puller?
ChrisW:
There is a very good guide on difflock on replacing the timing belt with a few hints and tips on :wink: have a look under the technical archive.
Mace:
--- Quote from: "Paul" ---It replaces the timing belt with gears. :D www.zeus.uk.com
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My mate Ollie's got Zeus on his too. Bit noiser than normal but nothing to worry about at all. Except he's done 2 crankshaft pully seals in a short space of time. Bit strange when it starts weeping oil. Oh and the bonus is you don't have to fit a wading plug coz it's a sealed unit.
Back to Timing Belts, I've not changed the one on my 300tdi but I have changed one on a NAD 90. Piece of cake really and that was after it dropped 4 valves and bent the pushrods.
It's good to know someone who's got the correct tools tho. :wink:
beast5680:
I would do and have done my own but then i am a mechanic by trade so its not a black art :wink: but i have paid for them to be done when i havent had time and i would pay if i wasnt mechanically minded
Xtremeteam:
--- Quote from: "Hightower" ---What's a timing belt? Have looked it up in the TD5 manual and I don't have one :wink:
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well you do have a chain that unscrews the oil pump bolt :lol:
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