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[Martin_1962]

Head rebuilding is quite satisfying

[JamesV6CDX]

May I add - the whole engine mounting has to come off on the drivers side, just to change the Aux belt!!

Scrap it and get an Omega.

Thankfully, Aux belt looks brand new. So I can work around it, to fit the cambelt kit

I did one of these on a friends Veccy last week, it wasn't fun..

[Marks DTM Calib]

Pictures.....or are you at the mercy of the crap camera again?

[JamesV6CDX]

Pictures.....or are you at the mercy of the crap camera again?

I think the camera on my new phone may be better than that camera...

Head's going back on today, so I'll try and take a few....

[Taxi_Driver]

May I add - the whole engine mounting has to come off on the drivers side, just to change the Aux belt!!

Didnt i mention that  

Well done James.....

[Taxi_Driver]

May I add - the whole engine mounting has to come off on the drivers side, just to change the Aux belt!!

Scrap it and get an Omega.

Thankfully, Aux belt looks brand new. So I can work around it, to fit the cambelt kit

I did one of these on a friends Veccy last week, it wasn't fun..

Yes i did have it changed a few months back....i remember now, the old belt snapped, so went got a new one and thought this carnt be hard to change.....then i couldnt figure out how you got the new one on.....so ended up in my local garage to let them do it  

Are you changing the whole cambelt kit then? I might be tempted just to change the belt.....as that kit was fitted at 200k.....then change the whole kit at 240k  

[Markie]

Well done James your a star.

I was worried about doing it - the general perception of jobs like this, seems to be that it's difficult and specialist work.

Reality is, if you are methodical, patient, and take your time and invest in the right tools, it can be done by anyone.

and yours was probably a wee bit more time consuming with the lpg kit too  

Not as much as you'd think...

4 x LPG hoses to remove from injectors
2 x LPG ECU connectors
4 x Injector connectors
Couple of extra coolant hoses and Vacc pipes.
1 x LPG injector had to be removed to seperate inlet manifold from cylinder head.

Must be honest though, an X20XE Omega is much easier to work on than the Veccy. Access is crap to some things.. the crank pulley was a b@stard to remove..

tell me about it - you wanna try an oil cooler thermostat change along with getting to the crank pulley / removing timing cover and radiator on the v6 version....