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March 3rd 10, 08:15 AM
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1.9 JTD 156 Cambelt(s)
My brother and I bought a pair of 156's four and a half years ago. Mine
has done 35000 and his 66000. We purchased new cambelts, tensioners, idlers and water pumps and set about changing them yesterday. All went well and it's as easy as we were led to believe. The only noteworthy observation was that my orginal tensioner was incorrectly set! So from new, although the belt was tight, any slack caused by rapid acceleration was not being taken up by the tensioner!! Just shows you! Incidentally, both old belts along with water pumps, idlers and tensioners look almost as good as new. The quality of the parts looks excellent. 
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March 3rd 10, 08:26 AM
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1.9 JTD 156 Cambelt(s)
Jim wrote:
> My brother and I bought a pair of 156's four and a half years ago. Mine > has done 35000 and his 66000. We purchased new cambelts, tensioners, > idlers and water pumps and set about changing them yesterday. All went > well and it's as easy as we were led to believe. The only noteworthy > observation was that my orginal tensioner was incorrectly set! So from > new, although the belt was tight, any slack caused by rapid acceleration > was not being taken up by the tensioner!! Just shows you! > > Incidentally, both old belts along with water pumps, idlers and > tensioners look almost as good as new. The quality of the parts looks > excellent. Better safe than sorry, though  -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
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March 3rd 10, 10:34 AM
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1.9 JTD 156 Cambelt(s)
"Jim" > wrote in message
... > My brother and I bought a pair of 156's four and a half years ago. Mine > has done 35000 and his 66000. We purchased new cambelts, tensioners, > idlers and water pumps and set about changing them yesterday. All went > well and it's as easy as we were led to believe. The only noteworthy > observation was that my orginal tensioner was incorrectly set! So from > new, although the belt was tight, any slack caused by rapid acceleration > was not being taken up by the tensioner!! Just shows you! > > Incidentally, both old belts along with water pumps, idlers and tensioners > look almost as good as new. The quality of the parts looks excellent. Sorry, cambelt is AKA 'timing belt', right?
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March 3rd 10, 10:39 AM
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1.9 JTD 156 Cambelt(s)
GT wrote:
> "Jim" > wrote in message > ... >> My brother and I bought a pair of 156's four and a half years ago. Mine >> has done 35000 and his 66000. We purchased new cambelts, tensioners, >> idlers and water pumps and set about changing them yesterday. All went >> well and it's as easy as we were led to believe. The only noteworthy >> observation was that my orginal tensioner was incorrectly set! So from >> new, although the belt was tight, any slack caused by rapid acceleration >> was not being taken up by the tensioner!! Just shows you! >> >> Incidentally, both old belts along with water pumps, idlers and tensioners >> look almost as good as new. The quality of the parts looks excellent. > > Sorry, cambelt is AKA 'timing belt', right? > > Indeed -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
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