55ant
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| posted on 9/3/10 at 08:18 AM |
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pinto belt cover
hi all, is the timing and aux belt cover on the pinto egine completely necesary or can i do without it?
cheers, ant
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philtvr
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| posted on 9/3/10 at 08:29 AM |
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Normally only there to stop joe public sticking there fingers in and to stop other foreign bodies getting stuck in the belts. It will run happily
without them
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dave r
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| posted on 9/3/10 at 08:47 AM |
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looks pretty without it, but one stone, and you engine could be toast
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55ant
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| posted on 9/3/10 at 09:27 AM |
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ah ok, may reconsider, just going round the car looking for thinks to remove! free performance!
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 9/3/10 at 09:40 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by dave r
looks pretty without it, but one stone, and you engine could be toast
Lost an engine that way many moons ago, well the engine was still there but didn't work to well.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 9/3/10 at 09:41 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by dave r
looks pretty without it, but one stone, and you engine could be toast
I can vouch for the fact that if you go into a gravel trap at the side of a track, then it's nearly guaranteed that a stone or two will get into
the cambelt area cause the belt to miss a few teeth and throw the timing out.
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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James
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| posted on 9/3/10 at 10:02 AM |
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I used to leave mine off.
Then, the other day, I was checking over the engine and found a lose bolt had dropped out and was sitting between the belt and timing pulley- ready to
be sucked in on first turn over!!! 
Loctite and cover going on now! 
Cheers,
James
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