[V8] Timing Belt Saga

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Kneale,

The tranny lines are no big deal and neither is removing the radiator.
Heck, you're almost there... :-)

Ingo

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kneale Brownson" <kneale at coslink.net>
To: <cobram at juno.com>
Cc: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] Timing Belt Saga


> I did a timing belt on my 4kq with all that crap in front in place, and
> then I did my 200q20v with a wide open front end and it was so much easier
> to see/manipulate stuff that I figured I'd go at it that way.  I find
> replacing the serpentine belt on a V8 to be a struggle.  I just can't
> imagine my weak, old, fat body with short, hefty arms, being able to do
the
> entire TB project comfortably without removing the core support.
>
> I DID manage finally to get that mess past the flanges on the ends of the
> frame rails.  I took the oil cooler and A/C condenser loose from the
> radiator and let those hang, and that allowed me to yank the rest past the
> flanges.  I'd have pulled the radiator, but there are the tranny oil lines
> attached.
>
> So, anyway, the front of the engine is more or less exposed now.  Not as
> neat and nice as on the 200, but workable for me and my trifocal glasses.
>
>
> At 03:59 PM 9/6/2005 -0400, cobram at juno.com wrote:
> >Kneale, I must have missed something, exactly WHY are you removing all
> >this stuff that has nothing to do with the Timing Belt job??
> >
> >BCNU,
> >http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
> >God's a kid with an ant farm, lady. He's not planning anything.
> >
> >
> >Kneale Brownson <kneale at coslink.net> writes:
> >> Guess I might as well start a new timing belt problems thread since
> >> the
> >> bumper cover finally came off.  I have the core support and all its
> >> ancillary parts disconnected but I can't "pull the front off the car
> >> and
> >> lay it under" as described in the KB.  The stuff on either side of
> >> the
> >> radiator runs into the inside flange (the one for the one stud/nut
> >> that was
> >> my hangup on the bumper cover removal) on the end of the frame
> >> rails.
> >> There's what looks to be a notch in that stuff to accomodate the
> >> flange,
> >> but the fender attachment arms of the core support run into the
> >> fender
> >> before I can hoist the assembly high enough to clear the flanges.
> >> What a
> >> PITA this process is.
>
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