Timing belt tools in Denver?

Dave KC3565L at sprintmail.com
Sat Sep 9 10:08:26 EDT 2000


Peter, I was able to change the timing belt and water pump on
my 4000 Quattro without any fancy tools.  There is a round
hole on top of the bell housing that looks like it might have
been designed for some kind of sensor.  If you rotate the engine
slowly by using a socket wrench on the front pulley, you will
see a hole in the edge of the flywheel where you can drop
a bolt in and lock the engine so that you can break the
bolt on the front pulley loose.  You will need a cheater
bar to do this, it takes over 300 ft lb of torque.  If your
car doesn't have this hole, there are a couple of other ones
that might work. Let me know how it goes.  Needless to say, 
don't forget to remove the bolt when you are done.  I am in
SW Denver, by the way.  Drop me a line if I can help.
Dave

>Does anyone know of a supplier/renter of timing belt tools
>in the Denver area?  I need to do the timing belts on 
>two 89 200Qs.  I checked on the Rental from Blau but
>it will end up costing approx $75, I might just break
>down and buy them.



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