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[Anthony in Madrid]

Hi guys
Looking for a timing belt kit for the old lady.
Thought I'd ask here first if anyone is distributing before I pay someone else.
Thanks in advance.
Ant
 

[Varche]

Hi

If you are doing the job yourself you will need to use the appropriate cam locking kit. You could buy one S/H and then after use sell it for similar amount. Sealey do one. They go for around £50 S/H. You also need a big spanner for the crankshaft. The forum did an excellent DVD. If your local garage says they can do it without a locking kit ...........

Someone will be along to advise best source for cambelt kit. I got mine from Partsbybuy in the Uk who posted out to Spain.

An alternative might be to pay the airfare out for someone like JamesCDXV6 if he had the time

[TheBoy]

Varche has it spot on

[Anthony in Madrid]

Hi

If you are doing the job yourself you will need to use the appropriate cam locking kit. You could buy one S/H and then after use sell it for similar amount. Sealey do one. They go for around £50 S/H. You also need a big spanner for the crankshaft. The forum did an excellent DVD. If your local garage says they can do it without a locking kit ...........

Someone will be along to advise best source for cambelt kit. I got mine from Partsbybuy in the Uk who posted out to Spain.

An alternative might be to pay the airfare out for someone like JamesCDXV6 if he had the time

Hi Brian
Unfinished sentence meaning? Let them do it?
Cheers
Ant
P.S. Hope all is going well.

[Temetsy]

I think varche is telling you that you should not trust that garage doing it without locking/timing kit since only way to get the timing spot-on id to use that timing plate wich comes usually with the kit. When you've done the job many, many times then MAYBE you can do it without said kit

[Temetsy]

Just to add: I believe you can do it better yourself when equiped with timing/locking tools and OOF cambelt dvd than any garage without toolkit

[Varche]

Meaning don't use them.

All going well? Regular as the Spanish would say.

[Anthony in Madrid]

Meaning don't use them.

All going well? Regular as the Spanish would say.

OK Buddy 

[TheBoy]

Do not attempt (or let a garage attempt) a v6 cambelt without the timing kit. No matter how big their ego, its not possible to get it accurate. End of.