tegwin
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| posted on 19/2/07 at 08:11 PM |
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Fitting pinto cambelt..being a pain!
Ok..So I thought I should fit a new cambelt..but its being a pain in the arse!
Can anone refresh my mind as to the correct way to install the belt?
And how do you tension it correctly without the ford guage? ( I dont have the tensioner spring!!!)
Chears.
Dunc
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britishtrident
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| posted on 19/2/07 at 08:14 PM |
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Rule of Thumb
With all the lost motion taken up at the longest point on the slack side you should just be able to twist the belt 1/2 turn with your fingers.
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marcjagman
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| posted on 19/2/07 at 08:15 PM |
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line the dot on the head with the mark on cam pulley, crank pulley on 0 with timing arrow. When you tension it wants to be able to move with pressure,
but not a lot of movement, about 10thou
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dave r
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| posted on 19/2/07 at 09:04 PM |
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if you havent removed the old belt,
cut it in half, (widthwise) roll the new belt on, cut the rest off, then roll it on further
jobs a goodun 
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tegwin
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| posted on 19/2/07 at 09:11 PM |
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How do most people get the belt to tension though? I cant get it to go tight enough
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 19/2/07 at 09:46 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
How do most people get the belt to tension though? I cant get it to go tight enough
Are you SURE you have the right belt.
is engine 1.3, 1.6, 1.6Emax, 1.8, 2.0.
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tegwin
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| posted on 19/2/07 at 11:08 PM |
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Its deffinately the right belt..
My problem is that I am simply not sure how to apply pressure to the belt...(the origional tension spring is missing)
Yes I can twist the tensioner pulley by hand but I cant get nearly enough tension that way...Is there some way of hooking up a torque wrench to the
tensioner pulley to make it tight?
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James
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| posted on 19/2/07 at 11:30 PM |
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The later model Pintos don't even have the spring so don't worry.
Tell you how I did it on my Pinto and my Golf.... pull tensioner as tight as possible with *both* hands.... get Dad to tighten the bolt!
HTH,
James
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Peteff
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| posted on 19/2/07 at 11:58 PM |
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Wedge a broad flat head screwdriver between the tensioner backplate and the water pump body and twist it. You should be able to turn the belt from
edgeways to flat (90°) on its longest span.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 20/2/07 at 12:51 PM |
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as Peteff says, use a lever on the tensioner, big old screwdriver is just the job
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