Timing Belt Parts

**nfpgasmask** · 04/13/2009, 11:12 PM

w00t! Tonight I got everything buttoned up. I refilled the coolant, connected the battery, and cranked her over!

S U C C E S S ! !

I am so relieved. I still have to put the front cladding on and replace the front skid plate, but other than that, all appears to be normal!!

I had to make one final run to Kragen tonight at 8:45 to get a hose clamp as I broke one of the hose clamps when I was putting the radiator hoses back on.

She started right up, no CEL, no rough running, sounded fine if not better than normal, took her for a real short spin around the block, gave her some serious throttle and nothing seemed normal. In fact, my VX seems to be running and shifting smoother than ever. I have no idea why, but maybe changing these parts out does something for performance?????

Anyway, I'm super tired, and dirty, and I need to finish my beer, but I can say now with confidence that this is DEFINITELY something we can all do, especially once my instructions are all done!!

Bart

**Jolly Roger VX'er** · 04/13/2009, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by nfpgasmask

w00t! Tonight I got everything buttoned up. I refilled the coolant, connected the battery, and cranked her over!

S U C C E S S ! !

I am so relieved. I still have to put the front cladding on and replace the front skid plate, but other than that, all appears to be normal!!

I had to make one final run to Kragen tonight at 8:45 to get a hose clamp as I broke one of the hose clamps when I was putting the radiator hoses back on.

She started right up, no CEL, no rough running, sounded fine if not better than normal, took her for a real short spin around the block, gave her some serious throttle and nothing seemed normal. In fact, my VX seems to be running and shifting smoother than ever. I have no idea why, but maybe changing these parts out does something for performance?????

Anyway, I'm super tired, and dirty, and I need to finish my beer, but I can say now with confidence that this is DEFINITELY something we can all do, especially once my instructions are all done!!

Bart

You sir are my hero! I've got this operation for my VX coming up shortly and I am probably going to turn it over to my mechanic as I don't think I want to tackle this.

If I do work up the courage...I have you to thank!

**nfpgasmask** · 04/13/2009, 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by Jolly Roger VX'er

You sir are my hero! I've got this operation for my VX coming up shortly and I am probably going to turn it over to my mechanic as I don't think I want to tackle this.

If I do work up the courage...I have you to thank!

Thanks! In all seriousness though, it is not that bad. I think it would be a little more frustrating/difficult if your belt was broken and your timing was off to start. But doing this as a regular maintenance step, it's pretty straight forward. Like I said above, get organized, get the tools ready, take your time, and you CAN do it.

I am going to start working on a Word document tomorrow that I can turn into a PDF file. I guess it's time for me to put a how-to section on my website as well. I'm going to do my tranny service again soon so I might as well document that also.

Stay tuned.

Bart

**kodiak** · 04/14/2009, 12:29 AM

You, Sir, are a steely-eyed missile man!

**Mrs. CRNCNN** · 04/14/2009, 07:05 AM

Originally Posted by CrnCnn

Didnt know you were working on it this weekend. I havent been on this thread really.

I put a new power steering line on Cari's Jeep and lifted it on saturday.

Not to brag or anything...my jeep is now taller than Clint's VX. SORRY Babe!!!

**MSHardeman** · 04/14/2009, 09:02 AM

Congrats Bart. I will be looking forward to your write up (with parts and tool list?) so I can tackle this myself. I guess that I had better wait for the weather to stablize here so if it goes past a weekend thing I can ride the bike or the motorcycle to work.

Nothing like a job well done.

**nfpgasmask** · 04/14/2009, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by MSHardeman

Congrats Bart. I will be looking forward to your write up (with parts and tool list?) so I can tackle this myself. I guess that I had better wait for the weather to stablize here so if it goes past a weekend thing I can ride the bike or the motorcycle to work.

Nothing like a job well done.

Yup, yes, yeah! I will have a full breakdown completed soon, tools, parts, tips, warnings, it's all gonna be in there!

I took my time, I mean, I really took my time. I would definitely think this could be done in one day, especially once the questions are all out of the way. But, I would rather give myself a full weekend, even if I was to do it again.

Bart

**nfpgasmask** · 04/14/2009, 09:23 AM

Originally Posted by Mrs. CRNCNN

Not to brag or anything...my jeep is now taller than Clint's VX. SORRY Babe!!!

You just need some nice meat under there now.

Bart

**CrnCnn** · 04/14/2009, 09:56 AM

Originally Posted by nfpgasmask

You just need some nice meat under there now.

Bart

Under hers or mine? Her's has nice meat now, thats why she is taller. I need some to get back to higher status.

**tom4bren** · 04/14/2009, 10:14 AM

Bart,

When you get the pdf done, you can't post it to the How2 yet. Scott's working on that.

What you can do is to upload it to the DownLoad section & if you ask real nice, maybe Scott will move it to the How2 section for you.

I just put pdf's of Kenny's and of Dave Chang's bearing repack there as well if anyone needs them.

Tom

**SoTxVx** · 04/14/2009, 07:57 PM

Way to go Bart. Nailing this job is no easy feat. Should be an inspiration to all of us who know we need to change the timing belt and spend some quality time with our VX.

John

**nfpgasmask** · 04/14/2009, 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by SoTxVx

Way to go Bart. Nailing this job is no easy feat. Should be an inspiration to all of us who know we need to change the timing belt and spend some quality time with our VX.

John

Quality time is right! Actually, I really quite enjoyed digging into my VX and getting to know more about her! I learned A LOT and I have been working up my how-to ALL DAY.

Thanks!!!!

Bart

**Mrs. CRNCNN** · 04/16/2009, 06:47 AM

Originally Posted by CrnCnn

Under hers or mine? Her's has nice meat now, thats why she is taller. I need some to get back to higher status.

Never!!! hehe!!

**tom4bren** · 07/13/2009, 09:14 AM

I finally finished converting Bart's write up to pdf. I'll get it posted later today. I'll post the link to it here if anyone wants to download it.

I tried not to take many artistic freedoms with the conversion. Where he used colored text, I used highlight. I added Step 6 (it was missing). I renumbered steps 38 through the end (there were 2 step 38's). Oh yeah, I added step 57 ... just 'cause ...

Bart did an excellent job on this & it's well worth adding to your archive for future use.

Tom

**tom4bren** · 07/14/2009, 05:10 AM

Moncha's Da Man. He's already gotten the file posted.

http://www.vehicross.info/modules.ph...warticle&id=63

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