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[Brikhead]

Hi,

Is there anyone in the Coventry area that could supply and fit the above for me please?

Shame the cars off the road, if you could have gotten to Wolves then I would have fitted the parts for you for free...

[dbug]

Like Jonny2112 said give AndyC a PM, he supplied me with a belt and tensioner for about £60 delivered iirc

I've got a TC card, unless Andy C can get stuff cheaper 

Use your TC card - AndyC will have to charge you delivery!

[Ratty]

Thanks, Somehow I doubt she would even make the trip out of Cov, not only with no water circulation but these Omegas are bloody heavy with no power steering at all, I drove it 1 mile back home when it went and it felt like i was driving my Dads old Foden truck circa 1960s

But thanks for the thought though 

[Ratty]

Use your TC card - AndyC will have to charge you delivery!

That's the plan for now. 

[Brikhead]

I drove it 1 mile back home when it went...

Your a braver man than me, when my aux belt snapped on my old Mv6 I turned the engine off as soon as the battery light came on!

[Ratty]

You've got me worried now, hope I ain't caused anymore damage... 

[jonny2112]

I think it's always best to use genuine parts, and worth doing the water pump at the same time. A trade card may help with prices, or you could pm andyc for confirmation.
I'm sure someone local will be along soon with proper advice!

You serious bud - new water pump with new aux belt?     With cam belt kit yes 

Sorry folks 
Must pay closer attention

[andyc]

has the car got AC?

I can do a Non AC belt at £18.36 onc VAT. An AC Belt at £20.81 inc VAT and a tensioner pully at £27.76 inc VAT

All genuine GM parts

and post the lot for £4.00

Cheers
Andy

[Ratty]

I've sent you a PM Andy 

[omega3000]

a tensioner pully at £27.76 inc VAT
 

I got quoted £90 for a tensioner pulley  ...ended up re greasing the bearings instead .

When my belt broke on my last car i was doing 70mph and the pulley shattered bouncing underneath the car  i drove for about 2 miles smelling shredded belt ..it wasnt a pretty sight when i opened the bonnet , the belt had wrapped itself snuggly around the back of every pulley . Quite frightening when you lose power steering trying to get round a roundabout looking at all the dash lights glowing and temp gauge hitting max 

 

[Ratty]

I was stationary when mine went, had just got into the car and started her up, had to fill in a bit of paperwork, then realised the cabin was filling up with smoke, engine off, door open and out quicker than a scalded cat. Popped the bonnet, let the smoke clear a bit, then could see the damage, my response was OH MY GOSH!!! what-a-to-do (or words to that effect  As the crow flies I live about 1/2 a mile from that point, 1 mile by road, so decided to take it home, didn't dare look at the temp gauge.

[omega3000]

then realised the cabin was filling up with smoke,

Not a good selling point then 

[Ratty]

Update:

All fitted and running as sweet as a nut, for someone who's not done these before it's not as easy as made out by those with experience, had to take the bagpipes and the SAI front pipe off and undo the Air/con bracket to gain access, once that lot was out of the way the belt went on in less than 2 mins and everything back in place in 20 mins, total time 2 hours, I reckon that now I know how to do it I could do it in about an hour.

 

Cheers for the help and advice from everyone 

[hotel21]

Glad you got it sorted.  Well done!   

[omega3000]

Update:

All fitted and running as sweet as a nut, for someone who's not done these before it's not as easy as made out by those with experience, had to take the bagpipes and the SAI front pipe off and undo the Air/con bracket to gain access, once that lot was out of the way the belt went on in less than 2 mins and everything back in place in 20 mins, total time 2 hours, I reckon that now I know how to do it I could do it in about an hour.

 

Cheers for the help and advice from everyone 

Took me the same time to replace the belt , fkin bagpipes took 20 min