davek0974
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Ok, so i took the plunge and started in on my first cambelt change, made a locking tool for the pulley bolt, got all the bits i thought, went in expecting a day of sheared bolts, oil leaks and other woes as seems to be normal when reparing a landy.
Bonnet up, i wasn't going to drain the coolant but it turns out you can't get the fan cowling off with the top pipe in place
, viscous coupling came off with a gentle tap on the spanner, fan belts came off easy, big pulley bolt came undone with a bit of a grunt on the 30" breaker bar, the pulley slid off easy, half the front cover bolts were loose, cover off, timing pins in, belt off, tensioner off, crank gear slid off easy, oil seals out and replaced, by now i thought i would be done for lunch time but oh no.
I went to fit the new crank sprocket and noticed there was an o-ring in the back of the old one, none in the kit, local shops had nothing, main dealers had nothing so that was it, end of work until monday night i guess, all because of a bloody 50p o-ring
On the bright side, there were no oil leaks, the old belt was ok, the timing was not perfect, and i fitted a new thermostat. The timing case was full of caked on mud so i'm guessing some **** had been in water without fitting the plugs, i cleaned it all out. The pulley shows signs of grooving where the seal runs, its not too bad so i'll clean it up and re-use, its not too critical anyway.
Hopefully i'll get her back together on monday if its not ****ing down i guess.
So despite checking and re-checking, i still missed a part out
Bonnet up, i wasn't going to drain the coolant but it turns out you can't get the fan cowling off with the top pipe in place
, viscous coupling came off with a gentle tap on the spanner, fan belts came off easy, big pulley bolt came undone with a bit of a grunt on the 30" breaker bar, the pulley slid off easy, half the front cover bolts were loose, cover off, timing pins in, belt off, tensioner off, crank gear slid off easy, oil seals out and replaced, by now i thought i would be done for lunch time but oh no.I went to fit the new crank sprocket and noticed there was an o-ring in the back of the old one, none in the kit, local shops had nothing, main dealers had nothing
so that was it, end of work until monday night i guess, all because of a bloody 50p o-ringOn the bright side, there were no oil leaks, the old belt was ok, the timing was not perfect, and i fitted a new thermostat
. The timing case was full of caked on mud so i'm guessing some **** had been in water without fitting the plugs, i cleaned it all out. The pulley shows signs of grooving where the seal runs, its not too bad so i'll clean it up and re-use, its not too critical anyway.Hopefully i'll get her back together on monday if its not ****ing down i guess.
So despite checking and re-checking, i still missed a part out
