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3.0 Timing Belt & Water Pump
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:49 pm
by Hekta
Is this the right kit for a 3.0 V6 Paj ?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0275217958
Better add some tech. How big of a job is this for someone to attempt themselves if I follow the Gregory's manual ?
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:01 am
by steverisingsun
No thats not for yours.
Its a day job if you need the manaul.
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:07 am
by Hekta
Dang! How many 6G72's are there?
I had figured it would take a day or so
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:46 pm
by Hekta
All is good. I ordered the parts through a mate who got me a good enough price for me not to have to risk ebay.
I'm going to attempt this job in the next few days. Hopefully I won't need to come and post in this thread asking for help if it all goes wrong
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:55 pm
by hudson44
It's not too bad of a job, there's just a fair bit that needs to be removed to gain access to it all. You will need to remove the compressor then its bracket also. Just set it up at TDC and mark your cams and crank. I tell you what, i'll come and do your timing belt and you can come and do an engine swap in mine since i drowned it on the weekend.
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:31 pm
by Guy
hudson44 wrote:It's not too bad of a job, there's just a fair bit that needs to be removed to gain access to it all. You will need to remove the compressor then its bracket also. Just set it up at TDC and mark your cams and crank. I tell you what, i'll come and do your timing belt and you can come and do an engine swap in mine since i drowned it on the weekend.
ouch .. how did you manage that ?
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:41 pm
by hudson44
Without hijacking the thread too much, i drove into a "puddle" that looked just like the dozens we'd driven through all day and spend about 5 mins in silty muddy water up over the grey 2 tone. Tide line is 1/3 the way up the door trims and it somehow sucked water directly into the sump and killed the bigends and or gudgen.
Just remember when tensioning the belt Hekta, that you should have the belt taught between the cams and rh side of the crank with all the slack on the tensioner side when you tension it up. Wind it by hand over 2 full revolutions of the crank and re-check the tension.