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[holddy982]

I am hoping I am putting this in the right place.I am a newbie to Omegas V6 engines but not to engines in general, I have bought the DVD from OOF to be able to do the cam belts myself.
I have an oil leak from the Cam cover which as you all know what that entails so I thought that while I got the Plenum off, (follow me here) doing the cam gasket,I may as well change the plugs,then I change the alternator belt (needs this doing cracked all over) while i am doing that I'll change the cam belt and tensioner and don't forget the water pump,why not go the whole hog and change the Heater Bypass Valve,saves stripping down at a later time, all this done now one time is better than having to do it several times for each job and doing it from a wheelchair i only want to do it the once. right to the point.
 I am asking members if anyone can lend me the special tools from the DVD so I can do the job right the first time ,IE, cam locks,crank lock and the timing gauge. I have only had the car a short while and believe that prevention is better than cure and I can not cope with a breakdown it's hard for me to get about with only the one leg so my Miggy is my only way.
 Is there anyone who would lend me the tools being a newbie with not that many posts.
 Thanks for reading this even if you can't help.. Cheers Tony. :-?

[tunnie]

the kits are worth quite a bit, hence the post limit. If your willing to travel, MarkDTMCalib in Nottingham has one 

[TheBoy]

Forgive me if I've misread the post, but are you able to actually do the work yourself?

[holddy982]

Hi i would'nt trust the alternator belt it's got more cracks than Roy Chubby Brown, going that far from home, is there anyone who would be willing to do it by post

[holddy982]

o eye I can do the work, some i can do sitting in my chair and the rest i do standing on one leg, when that gets tired i sit have a pot of tea and start again. I can do most of the things an able bodied person can do except tie two shoe laces. I have maintained all my cars i dont let a silly thing like only having one leg stop me ,it's my passion, when i can't look after my car myself then it's time to give it all up, besides i get the gaffer  to do the fetching and carrying for me, i like a challenge, sometimes i can enlist the help of my lad he's big and strong and so long as i let him have a drive of my miggy now and again he's up for it. all i am short of now is the cam/crank/timing kit .

[TheBoy]

o eye I can do the work, some i can do sitting in my chair and the rest i do standing on one leg, when that gets tired i sit have a pot of tea and start again. I can do most of the things an able bodied person can do except tie two shoe laces. I have maintained all my cars i dont let a silly thing like only having one leg stop me ,it's my passion, when i can't look after my car myself then it's time to give it all up, besides i get the gaffer  to do the fetching and carrying for me, i like a challenge, sometimes i can enlist the help of my lad he's big and strong and so long as i let him have a drive of my miggy now and again he's up for it. all i am short of now is the cam/crank/timing kit .

Good on you , and please accept my sincere, deepest apologies if I in any way offended you 

[dbug]

Sometimes you can pick up a secod hand locking kit off ebay for £40-£50 mate.  HTH

[dbug]

One on ebay here - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/cam-belt-lock-kit-for-vauxhall-gm-saab_W0QQitemZ300393716822QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Hand_Tools_Equipment?hash=item45f0dc5c56

[ians]

Wakefield is where Autovaux is. They used to rent them for reasonable money - I assume still do.  Worth a call?

[Goonybird]

One on ebay here - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/cam-belt-lock-kit-for-vauxhall-gm-saab_W0QQitemZ300393716822QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Hand_Tools_Equipment?hash=item45f0dc5c56

That looks like the Sealey kit (also under oother names) which is apparently a good make. I bought one off ebay last year for about 50 notes.
So this is looking well cheap at the moment.

[holddy982]

Hi to theBoy No way mate it will take a for me to get offended by my disablity i came to terms with it a long time ago..

It seems like there are two of us after the same item on Fleabay,, oh i am hopeing the 2.5 and the 2.5 stuff are the same qwhen doing the belts ect mine 2.6

[Edd]

hi mate, think it us bidding against each other, dont make sense to do this so how about we get it cheap and help each other after 

[holddy982]

Reply to Edd. Sounds like a good idea to when u looking to do yours. mine car aint useable much the belts covered in cracks wats yours like. how do you wanna split this ebay thing. cheers Tony

[Darth Loo-knee]

Hi to theBoy No way mate it will take a for me to get offended by my disablity i came to terms with it a long time ago..

It seems like there are two of us after the same item on Fleabay,, oh i am hopeing the 2.5 and the 2.5 stuff are the same qwhen doing the belts ect mine 2.6

The V6 Locking Kit do all V6's mate 2.5's, 2.6's, 3.0's and 3.2's

[holddy982]

cheers Darth you put my mind at rest i was just about to start panicing