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Post by eddypeck on May 13, 2015 9:49:48 GMT 1
No one in there right mind would do this! There again no one in there right mind would work under there car with it supported by bricks!  There was a lot of bricks.... and they weren't just signally stacked  |
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Post by rhyds on May 13, 2015 10:45:10 GMT 1
Yep that was the one. Surprised me to see this. But I guess you'd have to assume he'd check it was appropriately timed and tensioned. I think the point was just so you don't have to worry about lock tools. I'm still not sure how this method would mean you didn't have to worry about locking the cam/crank. The tensioner would need to be changed as well, and the second you slacken the tension on that the whole ensemble is, as far as I can tell, free to move, unless you have another way of keeping the belt in tension. |
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Post by Rhubarb on May 13, 2015 13:21:43 GMT 1
No one in there right mind would do this! There again no one in there right mind would work under there car with it supported by bricks! There was a lot of bricks.... and they weren't just signally stacked Yep plenty of bricks ready to tip or crumble and kill you, nice not.. How much are a pair of axle stands these days? |
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Post by rpm on May 14, 2015 16:30:45 GMT 1
What car was it eddypeck ? Didn't think Fuzz was a bodger Obviously he is ! Cowboy and cowboy attitude! Showing it on tv obviously lets people think its what all mechanics do. Tensioners and pulleys are as important as the belt. |
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Post by remmington on May 14, 2015 17:54:25 GMT 1
What car was it eddypeck ? Didn't think Fuzz was a bodger Obviously he is ! Cowboy and cowboy attitude! Showing it on tv obviously lets people think its what all mechanics do. Tensioners and pulleys are as important as the belt. That's my thoughts, why bother changing a belt and leave the rest to fail! |
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Post by rhyds on May 14, 2015 19:03:40 GMT 1
On many cars (Alfa Twin Sparks, Vauxhall red tops) it's not the belt that fails at all, it's the tensioner either wearing out its bearing or breaking up totally. Also, this method completely overlooks changing a cambelt driven coolant pump.
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Post by Joepublic on May 14, 2015 21:11:45 GMT 1
I first read about this method in cm mag about 15 years ago. I presumed it was to ensure you weren't a tooth out before tensioning on old 2v per cylinder stuff with keyed pulleys etc
Ive never seen a timing belt without some pulley or tensioner that doesn't have collars on to keep the belt centralised, are there any?
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Post by sorted on May 14, 2015 21:17:52 GMT 1
I'm pretty sure this was an official option according to good old haynes for my mates Mk 4 Cortinaq with 2l Pinto.
Of course in those days it was pretty unheard of to change anything but the belt unless it was noisy, tensioners and pulleys seemed to last forever - and were all metal, not plastic!!
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Post by rhyds on May 14, 2015 21:33:31 GMT 1
The big difference is that on old motors like Pintos and BL S-series engines the cambelt only had to run one camshaft and possibly a water pump, and the engine was usually non interference. Once you start getting in to twin cams and phase variators you're in to a whole new ball game.
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Post by Dragon on May 14, 2015 23:06:10 GMT 1
When I watched this it didn't look like there was any tension on the belt, it looked slack between the cam wheels??
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Post by valhalla on May 14, 2015 23:50:41 GMT 1
At least he didn't try and change it by flicking it off with a screwdriver with the engine running.....
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Post by Rhubarb on May 15, 2015 8:16:32 GMT 1
At least he didn't try and change it by flicking it off with a screwdriver with the engine running..... That's on his next show  |
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Post by Noberator on May 15, 2015 13:26:11 GMT 1
At least he didn't try and change it by flicking it off with a screwdriver with the engine running..... That's on his next show Don't play marbles with Father's glass eye because he needs it to look for work. Talking of Skylines just seen an early to mid 1990's GTR I think it was an R33 sounded load with a huge exhaust driven by a young male.  Looked in good condition in silver. |
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Post by Joepublic on May 15, 2015 14:49:38 GMT 1
That's on his next show Don't play marbles with Father's glass eye because he needs it to look for work. Talking of Skylines just seen an early to mid 1990's GTR I think it was an R33 sounded load with a huge exhaust driven by a young male. Looked in good condition in silver. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww   |
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Post by Noberator on May 15, 2015 16:43:56 GMT 1
Don't play marbles with Father's glass eye because he needs it to look for work. Talking of Skylines just seen an early to mid 1990's GTR I think it was an R33 sounded load with a huge exhaust driven by a young male. Looked in good condition in silver. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww Me 1) I'm not young and 2)It's to raw for me much prefer my Cossie.  |
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There was a lot of bricks.... and they weren't just signally stacked 
Looked in good condition in silver. 
