[V8] Old Content - T-belt Parts Rant! (Hee-Hee!)

[Seamus O'Carey]

Since we're on the subject I have everything (or very nearly everything
anyway) needed to do a timing belt job. Is anyone interested in buying it
all from me? I don't think I'll need it since I'm trying to get out of the
V8 game for the foreseeable future (I don't have the time, money, patience,
or knowledge to keep doing it right now).

I'll get an inventory of what all I have later, but for now I figured I
might as well just see what the interest is.

Seamus
p.s Also have an upper end gasket kit, a set of Euros, a good set of clear
front turn signals, and an ABT chipped ECU.


On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Dave Saad <dsaad at icehouse.net> wrote:

> I would bet that noise is actually the t-belt tensioner pivot. Have you
> had a water pump leak? Any coolant drip down through the t- belt cover? If
> my theory holds, you can get some penetrating oil on the pivot by removing
> only the left side timing cover.
>
> I finally solved my noise by cleaning up the pivot bushing real good and
> then lube with graphite. It has been years now and no noise.
>
> When coolant gets into the bushing it turns to hard sticky gunk that
> prevents the tensioner from working. The noise radiates all over the place.
> When people (like me) replace the oil pump bearing, they accidentally fix
> the problem just by cleaning things up.
>
> Dave
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 27, 2013, at 6:31 PM, "toml99 at todomundo.com" <toml99 at todomundo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Yeah, my 5-speed came to me with a fresh belt job courtesy of the
> previous owner who was a tech @ the high end "Fat City German Auto" in
> Seattle.  Now 20K later, a bearing(oil pump bearing probably) is getting
> louder by the day and now I've got to deal with it....If he'd replaced
> everything, like I would have, I wouldn't have this problem.....Tom
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