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[The Sheriff]

Exactly. Can you afford a top end re build? No me neither. So I'd be making sure I didn't have to fix the car or buy another one to replace it, one with all the faults you've just fixed and..... Probably needs the belt doing

Although I'm sure Stmo can advise on the betting process. What odds Steve...?

Don't know who's in the frame yet, or even if he's going. If I were a betting man, I'd say he stays (with a smacked bottie).

[chrisgixer]

Nowooooo! Dr Optis cam belt going pop, Ya Nutter

[The Sheriff]

Nowooooo! Dr Optis cam belt going pop, Ya Nutter

Oh.....I see
Well....20/1 on it going boing in the next six months, 10/1 in the next year and evens that it'll last the car out.
I don't have such problems, modern cars are about 100,000 miles between changes, by which time I've got shut.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

It is a difficult DIY job.

I know a cam locking tool is necessary  but what else?

[The Sheriff]

It is a difficult DIY job.

I know a cam locking tool is necessary  but what else?

It's an easy job......to balls up.

[Webby the Bear]

It is a difficult DIY job.

I know a cam locking tool is necessary  but what else?

It's an easy job......to balls up.

Yup. Very easy 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Sounds like a case of a day trip to Huntingdon and park it at Serek's for a few hours while you treat Mrs Opti to lunch somewhere nice and expensive! 

[YZ250]

It is a difficult DIY job.

I know a cam locking tool is necessary  but what else?

I don't think it is a bad job on the scale of things actually, if you take your time and check everything. There's far less desirable things to do on a car.

Apart from the new cam belt kit, everything you remove is re-usable and goes back on. 

[chrisgixer]

Oof has gone to great lengths to make it as easy as possible diy.

Get yourself an oof cam belt DVD. See what you think. If you can get the inlets, cable tray, aux tensioner and cam belt cover off, and lift the plenum you should be able to do the rest ...?

[Terbs]

The belt needs doing on my new one. DVD's are out of stock, I may have tried doing it, but I don't think my courage will let me.
None of my cars see more than 20k before having to have a new belt. 

[chrisgixer]

The belt needs doing on my new one. DVD's are out of stock, I may have tried doing it, but I don't think my courage will let me.
None of my cars see more thafn 20k before having to have a new belt. 

Job for the Wycombe meet

[Terbs]

Is that a job that could be done there, (weather permitting) I thought that was a big job with half the guts coming out. Are you offering, Chris. How long does it take. Cash waiting.  I have not got one of the locking thingy's. Obviously I could tout about for a decent price belt. My mate is an MOT tester (doing the 2.5 on Thursday.) he may be able to get me a good price.

[EMD]

It is a difficult DIY job.

I know a cam locking tool is necessary  but what else?

It's an easy job......to balls up.

Yup. Very easy

What happened with yours webby put me off doing my own  Although i seem to recall it was the tensioner that failed 

Fitting a cam belt kit to the V6 is not something you want to be faffing around with an hit and hope  . Although if its fitted and watched over by someone who makes sure your doing it right it would give bags of enthusiasm . Im pretty good with the spanners but this cam belt malarkey just puts me off  An ive watched the dvd many times 

A tooth out here an there debates on here make all the difference , how would a first time diy'er possibly know any difference  Id love to have a go but the fear of what i seen puts me off even though all the correct procedures were followed and we drove off for a few miles in Webby's car only to hear the valves eating the heads 


What could possibly go wrong 

[YZ250]

What happened with yours webby put me off doing my own  Although i seem to recall it was the tensioner that failed 

Fitting a cam belt kit to the V6 is not something you want to be faffing around with an hit and hope  . Although if its fitted and watched over by someone who makes sure your doing it right it would give bags of enthusiasm . Im pretty good with the spanners but this cam belt malarkey just puts me off  An ive watched the dvd many times 

A tooth out here an there debates on here make all the difference , how would a first time diy'er possibly know any difference  Id love to have a go but the fear of what i seen puts me off even though all the correct procedures were followed and we drove off for a few miles in Webby's car only to hear the valves eating the heads 


What could possibly go wrong 

The actual mechanical side is straight-forward enough, once you've done battle with the cable tray. The removal of parts is very well explained in the DVD. 
As I have a 3.2 with the single adjuster I only used the DVD for the order of parts removed as the DVD does not suit the fitment of the belt with the single adjuster. On my engine, you have to turn back the crank a tooth to get the belt lined up with the crank notch so that you maintain the belt tension on cams 3 & 4 when the crank lock is returned to the water pump.  All makes sense when you do it. Then you can use the DVD for the checking and double checking process.

Something to be very aware of is the torquing up of the tensioner. It is a two handed job, one holding the spanner and the other torquing up the bolt. Common sense really, but when you tension the nut, the direction of tensioning will loosen the bolt and when you tighten the bolt it loosens the tensioner nut. Hold the nut in place while torquing up the bolt. 

[chrisgixer]

Is that a job that could be done there, (weather permitting) I thought that was a big job with half the guts coming out. Are you offering, Chris. How long does it take. Cash waiting.  I have not got one of the locking thingy's. Obviously I could tout about for a decent price belt. My mate is an MOT tester (doing the 2.5 on Thursday.) he may be able to get me a good price.

You bring the cam belt kit. (Kit, with tensioner and rollers, not just the belt) I'll do the rest.


(I have locking thingy/tools etc)