is a cam belt on a n.z new 1993 2ltr toyota corona hard to replace for a good mechanically minded person can anyone tell me
pc_uncorrect,
May 25, 3:13pm
If your prepared to do your homework in advance of the job, and get everthing needed for the job, take your time, one step at a time, allow unexpected a hiccup's, in theory, all should go o.k. Allow for hidden expenses, such as tools (socket/s, crank-pulley holder, large spanner/s to hold cam-gears, gasket/s, bottle jack/s. etc)
At times, the mechanical manuals do not provide enough detail/s, so it can be a matter of look-n-see what happens. Good luck.
pc_uncorrect,
May 25, 3:21pm
If our engine is the Toyota 3S-FE, take a peek at the following youtube video's, he appears to be a NZ Bloke?, will help perhaps.
if u can do a cambelt roughly there all the same !
2sheddies,
May 25, 4:03pm
I would say if it's your own car, nothing at all wrong with giving it a go, but I'd personally be cautious about doing someone else's. Also, for the first time, I think it could be a good idea to have someone experienced. perhaps a mate who's a mechanic. (a real one that is. not a mate who thinks he is). that you can call on if you get it all pulled apart and end up getting stuck somewhere along the way, with your engine in bits. especially if you need the car to be back on the road quickly.
Often there's so many little tips, tricks, shortcuts, special ways of doing things etc, that the boys in the trade doing it every day know, and the manuals don't necessarily mention, that we mere tinkerers and enthusiasts aren't aware of, which makes things so much easier and avoids potentially disastrous cock ups!
chito,
May 25, 4:16pm
I read a good tip the other day. Slice the old belt longways in half and remove one half. Slip on the new one as you slide the remaining half of the old one off.
mm12345,
May 25, 4:22pm
I'm struggling to see how much that would help - if you're doing the job properly - ie changing cam seals and tensioner (& whatever else is recommended). If you're out to beat a speed record and don't care what happens with the car, then yeah, sure.
m16d,
May 25, 4:43pm
So how do you slice it in half. ? Stick a stanley knife in there while the motor is running.
gsimpson,
May 25, 4:59pm
To be honest that sounds more work than just making sure things are lined up in the first place. The last belt I used (dayco) had marks on the belt to line up with the ones on the pulleys.
differentthings,
May 25, 5:32pm
I did 1 on a ST191 with a 3S-FE motor we had about 6 years ago. A 1994 model. Didn't bother to do the water pump just the tensors and belts. Pretty easy to do. From memory it took about 3-4 hours, but if I had to do another 1 then I recon you could do it in under 2 hours. I had a air gun to undo the front pulley bolt. The belt wasn't broken so I didn't have to worry about finding the timing marks.
cone1,
May 25, 5:44pm
Easy to do yourself and you should be able to buy genuine parts fro under $200. All the pulleys are marked and there are plenty of links on youtube. The hardest job is to remove the crankshaft pulley ( thats the big one at the bottom). To undo the crank nut place a big power bar and socket on and use the starter motor to loosen it and hire a puller from your local hire shop. Make sure you pull the pulley by the two holes in the pulley centre.
franc123,
May 25, 7:37pm
You are lucky it even ran properly, the chance of cocking it up was very high if you had no idea where the marks were. At least the 3SFE is non interference so damage wouldn't happen, even if doing it step by step from a younoob video.
differentthings,
May 25, 9:39pm
No is was quite simple. All I did was marked the old cam belt and the cam belt sprockets before I took it off and then transferred those marks to the new cam belt.
saxman99,
May 26, 7:39am
That is exactly how it is done.
bjmh,
May 26, 9:11am
I saw a young guy that had tried to put chalk on the back of an alternator drive belt . while it was running. he was trying to stop the squeaking noise of a glazed belt.When his finger got pulled into the pulley by the belt,it was no contest. did a real quick job of cutting his digit off.
saxman99,
May 26, 9:16am
Yup, I'm not suggesting it's a good idea!
gsimpson,
May 26, 9:35am
It's really not that hard just to rotate the motor to line up the marks is it?
rbd,
May 26, 1:48pm
Never done a 3S-FE, but done many 3S-GTE (twin cam turbo version of same engine).
You WILL need a crank pulley puller. There are two M8 holes in pulley to pull on.
Do the water pump. They are known to leak at over 160,000 kms (ask me how I know. ).
Not sure if that year tensioner uses a spring or the hydraulic tensioner. If the second belt change change everything. The hydraulic tensioners do fail with age,
Replace the crank seal. After 160,000 kms they are known to leak (ask me how I know. ).
Timing marks will be blatantly obvious on pulley and cam. Remember you need to bridge T1-E1 in the check connector to set the distributor base timing with a timing light once done.
melonhead1,
May 26, 3:00pm
If you're a DIY guy you WILL need another working car to get that other tool you need to complete the job.
gmphil,
May 26, 3:31pm
if the belt not broken I don't even worry bout timing marks , whip the cover off out with the blue marker in dot mark each pully and face behind . put ya belt on wind it round twice ( buy hand )to check marks are all good but then ive done like a thousand !
thunderbolt,
May 26, 3:37pm
So if it's wrong before you start, it will be wrong when it leaves. Mechanics train for 9,000 hours to get qualified to end up being compared to the mechanical masterminds that frequent the TMMB.
bigfatmat1,
May 26, 3:38pm
Pretty easy belt to do a little bit fiddly in places lots of people throw the stupid gasket out from behind covers. I always fit it as frustrating as it may be sometimes.
gmphil,
May 26, 3:45pm
and !
well if I doing one off them il time to marks lol if it was running coming in ?
mixedbagltd,
May 28, 4:50pm
To answer your question, no it's not hard for a mechanically minded person, let me know if you going to do it and I'll email you some info, Cheers Pete (mechanic) That's if you haven't given up looking for the answer to your question:)
m16d,
May 28, 4:58pm
This. I use twink but.
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