I broke my cambelt change virginity this weekend!
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Cool starry bra etc, but I changed my first cambelt this weekend!
WAs on a Z16xe vauxhall engine, but with a very detaield how to guide from a forum, and the HBOL I succeeded in doing the cambelt, water pump, tensioner, idler pulleys, thermostat and coolant change on SAturday morning.
It's taken me 3 years of car tinkering to get to this stage, and I'm very chuffed!
Is the tensioner always such a b
d though? The torx bolt was tupidly shallow so purchase with the correct soze torx bit was tricky, and it didn't feel like it locked in place with any sort of meaning, although it hasnt moved and still works after a shakedown drive yesterday.
I feel I can advance to the rear axle mounting bushes on my ZX now! And I only had to buy 2 more tools that I really could have done with!
WAs on a Z16xe vauxhall engine, but with a very detaield how to guide from a forum, and the HBOL I succeeded in doing the cambelt, water pump, tensioner, idler pulleys, thermostat and coolant change on SAturday morning.
It's taken me 3 years of car tinkering to get to this stage, and I'm very chuffed!
Is the tensioner always such a b
d though? The torx bolt was tupidly shallow so purchase with the correct soze torx bit was tricky, and it didn't feel like it locked in place with any sort of meaning, although it hasnt moved and still works after a shakedown drive yesterday.I feel I can advance to the rear axle mounting bushes on my ZX now! And I only had to buy 2 more tools that I really could have done with!
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