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Title: Cambelt kit
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 20 March 2007, 11:28:33
Being a bit of a scrooge here.. just trying to save a few ££ on the Elite - it is a project car afterall.

Now, we fitted a brand new cambelt kit to the 2.5, and it's only covered about 7,000 miles.

How feasable would it be, to re-use the rollers and tensioner etc, and fit them to the Elite with another brand new belt... for say 25k miles?

Title: Re: Cambelt kit
Post by: tunnie on 20 March 2007, 12:14:17
thats something a student would do!  ;D
Title: Re: Cambelt kit
Post by: Admin on 20 March 2007, 12:18:55
I don't see a problem with it. You know the kit and its history.

Title: Re: Cambelt kit
Post by: Danny on 20 March 2007, 18:40:37
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thats something a student would do!  ;D

talking from experience??  ;D
Title: Re: Cambelt kit
Post by: sounds2k on 20 March 2007, 19:24:49
the only thing that comes to mind is a difference in tensioners and/or belt length as you normally have to quote the specific engine number when ordering one of those kits. But as long as the kit you have on the donor car falls in a given range of engine numbers and the recipient also falls into the same range of engine numbers then I'd have thought it would be OK?
Title: Re: Cambelt kit
Post by: TheBoy on 20 March 2007, 20:54:47
I wouldn't....
Title: Re: Cambelt kit
Post by: theolodian on 20 March 2007, 20:58:29
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I wouldn't....
Oh, c'mon.  He loves the drama.  ;) ;D
Title: Re: Cambelt kit
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 21 March 2007, 11:45:50
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Oh, c'mon.  He loves the drama.  ;) ;D

Why not jaime? New belt and hardly used rollers, what can be the prob?
Title: Re: Cambelt kit
Post by: TheBoy on 21 March 2007, 11:49:52
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Oh, c'mon.  He loves the drama.  ;) ;D

Why not jaime? New belt and hardly used rollers, what can be the prob?
Probably just my paranoia with cambelts ;)
Title: Re: Cambelt kit
Post by: TheBoy on 21 March 2007, 11:51:28
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I wouldn't....
Oh, c'mon.  He loves the drama.  ;) ;D

Why not jaime? New belt and hardly used rollers, what can be the prob?
Probably just my paranoia with cambelts ;)
Also, your belt is 1/4 used, so only £60 worth of use left on it...   ...so for sake of £60....
Title: Re: Cambelt kit
Post by: x25xe on 21 March 2007, 12:03:09
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I wouldn't....

Same here, I am also paranoid about cambelts.
Title: Re: Cambelt kit
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 21 March 2007, 13:54:43
Sorry guys, I'm with Dave. With rollers that I know have only done 7k, and a BRAND NEW BELT.....  surely that means I'm good for 33k, in theory? So, using it for 20k, should be more than safe!?
Title: Re: Cambelt kit
Post by: TheBoy on 21 March 2007, 14:43:55
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Sorry guys, I'm with Dave. With rollers that I know have only done 7k, and a BRAND NEW BELT.....  surely that means I'm good for 33k, in theory? So, using it for 20k, should be more than safe!?
Your car, your call ;)
Title: Re: Cambelt kit
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 21 March 2007, 21:19:12
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Sorry guys, I'm with Dave. With rollers that I know have only done 7k, and a BRAND NEW BELT.....  surely that means I'm good for 33k, in theory? So, using it for 20k, should be more than safe!?
Your car, your call ;)

Ok, 15k :P
Title: Re: Cambelt kit
Post by: TheBoy on 21 March 2007, 21:35:12
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Sorry guys, I'm with Dave. With rollers that I know have only done 7k, and a BRAND NEW BELT.....  surely that means I'm good for 33k, in theory? So, using it for 20k, should be more than safe!?
Your car, your call ;)

Ok, 15k :P
Not worth putting on for 15k...  ...cambelt costs £80, for 40k miles. So, £20 for every 10k. So for £30....