Locking camshafts on a D5 163

[S60D5185]

Originally Posted by Brendan W

Do you know what make the water pump is ? At a guess it replaced a perfectly good oem pump about two years ago with the timing belt to save labour - the usual.

No I haven't taken it off yet, I couldn't shift the crank nut last weekend !
I have ordered the crank locking tool and a 3/4" breaker bar/socket and will try again when that arrives.

[S60D5185]

Originally Posted by JohnL

Once you have locked the camshafts at the rear with the locking pin, fit the drive sprocket and align the marks on it to the mark on the backing plate to the timing cover, then you wont have take the pump off the back to put the timing pin in again.
John

Is it possible to remove the air pump (nearest the bulkhead) without disturbing the (oil?) pump to fit the locking pin ?

[cheshired5]

Originally Posted by S60D5185

I couldn't shift the crank nut last weekend !

What a great excuse to treat yourself to one of these.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tyr6AMMjvs8

[S60D5185]

Fantastic, what a tool,
I think I really need one !!

[cheshired5]

Originally Posted by S60D5185

Fantastic, what a tool,
I think I really need one !!

I used doing my own belts as my justification for getting one. The sums didn't quite add up to truly justify it but who cares?
It gets used lots, will last forever and there's nothing on a car or van it won't undo.

[S60D5185]

Just by way of justification:- to move the nut I need a 3/4" socket at £10, a 3/4" breaker bar £40, then the crank holding tool £35 (+ some scaffold pole). Total £85 for tools I will probably never use again (and if I can't get access with the extended breaker bar I've wasted the money anyway). Or I can get a lesser cordless impact driver with 450nm of torque for £140 which I can use on almost anything mechanical ???? Makes sense to me ....

[cheshired5]

Originally Posted by S60D5185

Just by way of justification:- to move the nut I need a 3/4" socket at £10, a 3/4" breaker bar £40, then the crank holding tool £35 (+ some scaffold pole). Total £85 for tools I will probably never use again (and if I can't get access with the extended breaker bar I've wasted the money anyway). Or I can get a lesser cordless impact driver with 450nm of torque for £140 which I can use on almost anything mechanical ???? Makes sense to me ....

Exactly. If you're not going to make extra use out of them, the timing belt tool list can make the cost of diy prohibitive.
I drew the line at buying a 300Nm torque wrench to do up the nut as they can't be bought for much less than £90 so I hired one for £15.

[green van man]

I baught a Beta 300Nm torque wrench, £150.
Worth it for me as used every year when servicing the caravan to tighten the hub nuts and lives in the Volvo the rest of the year in case I have to change a wheel.

Paul.

[BigFergDiesel]

Do you have the measurements of the locking pins I'm having difficulty buying them in Australia it will be easier to make them