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Timing belt and front seals

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Old Oct 20th, 2020, 17:00   #31
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The timing belt snapped on me when I was out to B&Q

just got into their car park and it cut out wouldn't start...bugger

Lucky it was the B21 non interference motor, so what happened was I went across the street to the local UNIPART branch got a timing belt, they had 6
of em, got the tools out of the tool kit and changed the belt in the car park
took about half an hour the belt went on easy without removing the crank
pulley, put all the covers back on did the shopping in B&Q then drove home.

A few weeks later Unipart went out of business!!

The moral of the story is always keep an eye on the condition of your
cambelt and NEVER under any circumstances sell me a cam belt for a Volvo 245DL

I never told the wife it broke down she used to say I should get a better newer car but has come round to old classics

Imagine if it had on something modern and 16valve...cambelt snaps, Hello Scrapyard
I did similar to a 1600cc VW Passat (X reg as in 1981).
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From the BofH (in Kgf.m):

Cam gear bolt: 5
Intermediate shaft: 5
Crank: 16.5

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Thanks for the specs. Is the bofh the book of Haynes?
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Thanks for the specs. Is the bofh the book of Haynes?
Yes, exactly that, Book of Haynes.
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I did similar to a 1600cc VW Passat (X reg as in 1981).
I changed the head gasket on a 1984 VW polo 1272cc in a lunch time in my work car park once
left the manifolds attached to the head so you only need to undo the down pipe, head bolts, rocker cover and a few wires and 2 cables and 2 clips on the cambelt cover and loosen the water pump bolts which tensions the cam belt.
...beat that
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I changed the head gasket on a 1984 VW polo 1272cc in a lunch time in my work car park once
left the manifolds attached to the head so you only need to undo the down pipe, head bolts, rocker cover and a few wires and 2 cables and 2 clips on the cambelt cover and loosen the water pump bolts which tensions the cam belt.
...beat that
Wonderful, absolutely wonderful.

There must be someone out there that dropped off the sump and head, then swapped the piston rings on their motor in a layby on the A47 at night

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Cheers for all the help folks
Got it all sorted I think.
New oil seals are in
New belt on. And new drive belts on.
All seems to be running well, have not driven yet just on the drive for a few minutes.
Only slight problem was power steering tension bolt looked like it was about to snap so belt was tightened with a pry bar.
Next job is cleaning the crankcase pressure grubbings I think.

Thanks to Alf for loan of the crank pulley tool
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Cheers for all the help folks
Got it all sorted I think.
New oil seals are in
New belt on. And new drive belts on.
All seems to be running well, have not driven yet just on the drive for a few minutes.
Only slight problem was power steering tension bolt looked like it was about to snap so belt was tightened with a pry bar.
Next job is cleaning the crankcase pressure grubbings I think.

Thanks to Alf for loan of the crank pulley tool
Excellent - I'm pleased that all went well.
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