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scott.mohekey
22-01-2010, 01:41 AM
Anyone feel like giving me a hand doing my timing belt etc this weekend? I'm going to start stripping it all down tonight and hope to get it finished saturday.

As for the rain.. I'm going to stop in at the Warehouse on my way home and get one of those cheap gazebos, if they're cheap enough.

pbaron
22-01-2010, 04:21 AM
Can't help directly but CANDEE should have bulk photos from when we recently did the cambelt on VR4 MAD's car. An in depth cambelt, waterpump, camshaft seals and crank seal article was to come from this but must still be a work in progress. Maybe they could be uploaded here or sent through to aid in the job.

Cheers
Pierre

Anyone feel like giving me a hand doing my timing belt etc this weekend? I'm going to start stripping it all down tonight and hope to get it finished saturday.

As for the rain.. I'm going to stop in at the Warehouse on my way home and get one of those cheap gazebos, if they're cheap enough.

scott.mohekey
22-01-2010, 04:23 AM
I know what to do, I've done an NA 6A13 a couple of times before. Just after some company while I do it really.

Subaru ETA
22-01-2010, 04:37 AM
word of warning - the exhaust cam on the rear bank is a ****! make sure you have a locking tool for the rear bank. the front is ok tho

scott.mohekey
22-01-2010, 04:41 AM
Are dog clips sufficient? I.e. they hold the belt against the cam sprocket, stopping it from turning.

Subaru ETA
22-01-2010, 04:48 AM
locking tool would be better - then it holds the pully in place when you take the belt off. some dumb ass thought that it would be a good idea to have the timing mark on that pully right where the cam wants to natrually want to turn, instead of having it where most the lobes are eaither at the high or low point they have it just after the high point so it just wants to keep turning

scott.mohekey
22-01-2010, 04:52 AM
Great! What's a locking tool going to set me back?

Subaru ETA
22-01-2010, 04:54 AM
i mean if you have help one of you can hold the pully in place with a spanner while the other puts the belt on like i did the first time.

i picked mine up from BNT and it didnt cost too much

scott.mohekey
22-01-2010, 04:56 AM
I'll stop in at BNT on the way home then, if they're still open. What exactly are they called?

Subaru ETA
22-01-2010, 05:03 AM
cam pully holder thingiee?? :P

scott.mohekey
22-01-2010, 05:05 AM
Lol.. not the sort of thing they'd have at repco or the like? They'll be open later.

Subaru ETA
22-01-2010, 05:13 AM
cant hurt trying repco

taylor
23-01-2010, 12:44 PM
Hey scott. you still need a hand? happy to pop out and give u a hand tomorrow?

scott.mohekey
23-01-2010, 04:21 PM
We'll see how I feel in the morning! lol. Just got home.

Goku
24-01-2010, 11:47 PM
How'd you get on ?

scott.mohekey
24-01-2010, 11:49 PM
The weather didn't agree. So nothing was done.

Goku
24-01-2010, 11:58 PM
Lol, We're going to do Tom's beast on Saturday morning, bout 9ish.

scott.mohekey
25-01-2010, 12:07 AM
Crikey! An early night friday then!

Goku
25-01-2010, 04:41 AM
would be a good idea
Though it is pool this week, which i may change to bowling this time if people are keen

scott.mohekey
25-01-2010, 04:44 AM
That would be cool!

Johny
25-01-2010, 04:54 AM
anyone wanna do my atf? lol

Fully
25-01-2010, 07:31 AM
anyone wanna do my atf? lol

ATF - Automatic Transmission Fluid?

Johny
25-01-2010, 07:41 AM
yeah

scott.mohekey
25-01-2010, 07:51 AM
Its not TOO difficult to do. The howto on here is invaluable. But make sure you read it right through, including the comments.

Goku
25-01-2010, 10:30 AM
I will try to tee up a bowling time of about 7:30pm, so I'll try too book a lane :D

Adam.Findlay
26-01-2010, 12:33 AM
So scott has you timing belt been done. because i should be back in chch early feb and i can lend a hand or two. :)

scott.mohekey
26-01-2010, 12:37 AM
It's not been done yet. And we're busy taking an engine out of someone elses car this weekend, so it won't be till the 6th/7th of feb that I attack my timing belt again. I'll hopefully be replacing my steering rack at the same time (assuming I can get the parts for a rebuild of my spare one in time).

Fully
26-01-2010, 10:21 AM
It's not been done yet. And we're busy taking an engine out of someone elses car this weekend, so it won't be till the 6th/7th of feb that I attack my timing belt again. I'll hopefully be replacing my steering rack at the same time (assuming I can get the parts for a rebuild of my spare one in time).

That wont take long to do, just engine mounts and cross member =)

I give you hand with the belt and rack scotty?

scott.mohekey
26-01-2010, 10:48 AM
That wont take long to do, just engine mounts and cross member =)

I give you hand with the belt and rack scotty?

Yeah, thanks Shane.

Goku
26-01-2010, 07:40 PM
We could almost do this on Saturday if you really want, I don't think it's going to take that long to do Toms car.

scott.mohekey
26-01-2010, 11:21 PM
We could almost do this on Saturday if you really want, I don't think it's going to take that long to do Toms car.

Intriguing.. what exactly are we doing on Tom's car?

Goku
27-01-2010, 12:07 AM
Taking the motor out, which is all of 4 bolts basically, it's got nothin in there.

scott.mohekey
27-01-2010, 12:09 AM
No worries then! Oh, we might be looking at trying Dale's exhaust on my car when we do the timing belt. How hard is it to move?

Goku
27-01-2010, 03:32 AM
Got a truck ?

It's one piece man

scott.mohekey
27-01-2010, 03:36 AM
Yeah, I thought it was. Hmm..

Goku
27-01-2010, 05:16 AM
Yea, kind of a hard one

Also there will be a bbq on saturday = )

Johny
27-01-2010, 05:52 AM
can i come =D
i dunno what help ill be though :S

scott.mohekey
27-01-2010, 06:59 AM
The more the merrier Johny!

Kayne, maybe we could put the exhaust on at your place one weekend down the track?

Johny
27-01-2010, 07:57 AM
when and where? lol

Goku
27-01-2010, 07:17 PM
The more the merrier Johny!

Kayne, maybe we could put the exhaust on at your place one weekend down the track?

Possibly, it'll still be a pain to move lol.

Johny: 9am at Tom's, I'll pm you the address once I get it off him as my memory fails me on what it is lol