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Posts: 9 ![]() Location: Tasmania | My 380DB GT is nearing 90,000ks. Need to change timing belt. What is involved for DIY. Best place to get required part in Tassie. Cheers. | ||
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Frequent flyer Gold Posts: 1093 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | takes a while first time...but easy enough. -take off plastic timing covers,plastic side covers, a bit of the wheel arch plastic shroud clips etc -turn engine till the crank is at top dead center and both cam sprockets align with the knotch. -loosen off power steering belt -loosen off main drive belt by nut under alternator -get a tool to loosen harmonic balancer pulley (the big one) I use an allen key that jams up against the chassis rail and in the pulley dowel slot -make sure all is at top dead center. -loosen off tensioner -put tensioner in vice and slowly recompress and fit pin in hole -fit new belt -reassemble with all 3 notch marks lining up. (crank, two camshaft notches on rocker cover) suggest you look at this thread ? http://forum.380db.com/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=1268&posts=7&start=1 one slip and valves hit piston, so be absolutely spot on. | ||
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Posts: 9 ![]() Location: Tasmania | seems a bit scary | ||
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Posts: 23 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Perth | I recently had mine changed. They had to remove the engine to work on it. It was an opportunity to also change the spark plugs as well. It cost a lot as a result. | ||
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Frequent flyer Gold Posts: 1093 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | NS380 - 11/3/2013 04:30 I recently had mine changed. They had to remove the engine to work on it. It was an opportunity to also change the spark plugs as well. It cost a lot as a result. what... you mean they had to remove the engine to change the timing belt???? that seems a bit extreme...if you mean the drivers side engine mount then thats okay....otherwise it's a bit much? | ||
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Frequent flyer Gold Posts: 1093 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | Here is a picture of the alignment of a 6G75 timing belt, the engine in my GT at the moment in fact.... align the two cams and the crank is all that is required...as well as corrcet belt tension... (pic of timing belt etc forged 2 with notches highlighted.JPG) Attachments ---------------- ![]() | ||
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