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3.2 timing belt kits - where from?
« on: 21 January 2017, 17:18:51 »
Have a brace of 3.2s needing a change - and buypartsby seems to have disappeared from the interweb?

Best price VX can do is £180 each or thereabouts. .. if I buy a Contitech kit via ATPs eBay shop that should be genuine right? Looking at £ 130 each at the moment.
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Re: 3.2 timing belt kits - where from?
« Reply #1 on: 21 January 2017, 17:25:43 »
Yep, they have gone up significantly since I last did mine. Your deal sounds about right.

I find the earlier kits with the 2 adjustable pullies are cheaper if you don't mind swapping the backplate over.

BuyPartsBy are these people, I think? http://www.suttonautofactors.co.uk/
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Re: 3.2 timing belt kits - where from?
« Reply #2 on: 21 January 2017, 17:33:05 »
Good job I have one in garage from years ago then, bought one for £80 few years back.
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Re: 3.2 timing belt kits - where from?
« Reply #3 on: 21 January 2017, 18:21:27 »
Quote from: GastronomicKleptomaniac on 21 January 2017, 17:18:51
Have a brace of 3.2s needing a change - and buypartsby seems to have disappeared from the interweb?

Best price VX can do is £180 each or thereabouts. .. if I buy a Contitech kit via ATPs eBay shop that should be genuine right? Looking at £ 130 each at the moment.

That is a massive price hike - are they offering any discount?
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Re: 3.2 timing belt kits - where from?
« Reply #4 on: 21 January 2017, 20:45:14 »
Quote from: steve6367 on 21 January 2017, 18:21:27
Quote from: GastronomicKleptomaniac on 21 January 2017, 17:18:51
Have a brace of 3.2s needing a change - and buypartsby seems to have disappeared from the interweb?

Best price VX can do is £180 each or thereabouts. .. if I buy a Contitech kit via ATPs eBay shop that should be genuine right? Looking at £ 130 each at the moment.

That is a massive price hike - are they offering any discount?

MrsGK asked her colleague and assumes she was doing it as cheap as possible. .. she is going to double check on Monday and I will report back :y
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Re: 3.2 timing belt kits - where from?
« Reply #5 on: 21 January 2017, 20:53:28 »
Sounds like a retail/workshop price rather than the more traditional trade counter one...

That said, you could see if they're doing a fixed price for supplied and fitted... you never know, it might be £240 :D
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Re: 3.2 timing belt kits - where from?
« Reply #6 on: 22 January 2017, 07:30:57 »
Iirc, you can use the 3ltr kit if you sort out the pulleys with the added advantage of been able to adjust both sides for tension  ;)
You might find they are cheaper  ;)
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Re: 3.2 timing belt kits - where from?
« Reply #7 on: 22 January 2017, 09:52:18 »
I seem to recall-from on here-that back plate excepted V6 timing belt kits are a "one size fits all"deal?I've just looked through my paperwork and on 15/3/16 I paid £44.62p for a timing belt kit from a company advertising on e-bay.This was a Contitech belt with SKF bearings and included a water pump with metal impeller.DLK came and fitted it for me and swapped the bearings/tensioners over onto the existing backplate which from what I saw was no hassle to do.I've refrained from naming the company I got mine from as I'm unsure whether this is allowed on here,but would be happy to do so if it is.I have no connection with the company other than that I bought the kit from them.
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Re: 3.2 timing belt kits - where from?
« Reply #8 on: 22 January 2017, 16:29:14 »
Quote from: BazaJT on 22 January 2017, 09:52:18
I seem to recall-from on here-that back plate excepted V6 timing belt kits are a "one size fits all"deal?I've just looked through my paperwork and on 15/3/16 I paid £44.62p for a timing belt kit from a company advertising on e-bay.This was a Contitech belt with SKF bearings and included a water pump with metal impeller.DLK came and fitted it for me and swapped the bearings/tensioners over onto the existing backplate which from what I saw was no hassle to do.I've refrained from naming the company I got mine from as I'm unsure whether this is allowed on here,but would be happy to do so if it is.I have no connection with the company other than that I bought the kit from them.
That certainly is cheap, including as it does a water pump. I bought a couple of INA kits last summer after some time watching e-bay for bargains. I bought the first for a belt change that was due, then some e-bay outfit had some it wanted to shift and pestered me with ever better offers. Eventually I bought one for stock at £30, though I had no need for it at the time. I suppose, as Nick W said about plugs, these are consumable items for mass market cars and with patience bargains can be found. God bless the internet!
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Re: 3.2 timing belt kits - where from?
« Reply #9 on: 22 January 2017, 19:53:06 »
Baza - any chance of a link? Im certainly game for swapping bits over if it saves me that much!  :y
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Re: 3.2 timing belt kits - where from?
« Reply #10 on: 22 January 2017, 20:14:28 »
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Re: 3.2 timing belt kits - where from?
« Reply #11 on: 22 January 2017, 20:16:03 »
Quote from: terry paget on 22 January 2017, 16:29:14


That certainly is cheap, including as it does a water pump. I bought a couple of INA kits last summer after some time watching e-bay for bargains. I bought the first for a belt change that was due, then some e-bay outfit had some it wanted to shift and pestered me with ever better offers. Eventually I bought one for stock at £30, though I had no need for it at the time. I suppose, as Nick W said about plugs, these are consumable items for mass market cars and with patience bargains can be found. God bless the internet!


And you can swap patience for convenience; a Continental belt kit for my car on the shelf at ECP retails for 2/3 of the quoted Vauxhall price. That's from just a few seconds on their website with my reg number.


But I agree with Terry, a cambelt is planned maintenance(four years or 40k miles are unlikely to sneak up on you!) and can easily be sourced in plenty of time. The one I fitted about 18months ago was bought a couple of months earlier and was about £80. No, I don't remember who the supplier was.
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Re: 3.2 timing belt kits - where from?
« Reply #12 on: 22 January 2017, 22:54:48 »
Prowling e-bay for timing (cam belt) kits for V6 Omegas, the Gates, Contitech and AC Delco kits depict the belt, the 2 pulleys on the backing plate and the idler pulley, but not the sprung tensioner pulley. I cannot believe they do not include the tensioner pulley; why is it not depicted? When last seeking a kit I enquired of the AC Delco kit vendor whether the kit included the tensioner, and was told it did not. Please explain what is going on.
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Re: 3.2 timing belt kits - where from?
« Reply #13 on: 22 January 2017, 23:03:50 »
I'm no good at doing links and the like,but I've pm'd you Gastronomickleptomaniac.Hope it's of help to you.
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Re: 3.2 timing belt kits - where from?
« Reply #14 on: 22 January 2017, 23:37:24 »
Leave till original the Vauxhall schedule and save your self some money.

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