new timing belt for the ol' 5ktq

[DeWitt Harrison]

I guess I better start thinking about when to order the belt that actually
gets installed.

DeWitt Harrison
Boulder, CO

On Wed, 02 Jul 2014 10:03:43 -0400,
Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:

> It's going to take the OP 5 years to do the job.
>
> On 7/1/2014 11:50 PM, Scott DeWitt wrote:
>> The time limit for in service timing belts is generally 5 years.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, July 1, 2014 10:43 pm, jlagnese at massed.net wrote:
>>> 10 years may be exceeding the life expectancy of the belt.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: DeWitt Harrison <dewitt635 at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Subject: new timing belt for the ol' 5ktq
>>>
>>> My new timing belt has arrived from AutohausAZ. The box's "freshness
code"
>>> claims the belt was made in February, 2013. So, short of pulling a warm
>>> belt off the production line, that seems pretty fresh. As you all
realize,
>>> I'm now in for a really spiritual day of being as one with the car.
>>>
>>> So, with any luck, I won't be doing another TB change until, say, 2024,
if
>>> I live that long. (They say there's a last time for everything.)
>>>
>>> DeWitt Harrison
>>> Boulder, CO