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Karls

Active Member

• Apr 22, 2015

• #1

Would this kit be ok for changing the timing belt on a 300 tdi:
Pro Land Rover Diesel Engine Timing Tool Kit for 200Tdi 300Tdi 2.5D(12J) 2.5TD | eBay

I'm just cautious about buying this sort of stuff from ebay but I don't know where else to look!

Any help appreciated.

 

neilly

Well-Known Member

• Apr 22, 2015

• #2

Looks the same as mine , worked for me.

Good luck, the interesting thing is getting the dog nut off and retightening it.

 

top drive

Well-Known Member

• Apr 22, 2015

• #3

I have that one too , it does the job.

 

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Karls

Active Member

• Apr 22, 2015

• #4

neilly said:

Looks the same as mine , worked for me.

Good luck, the interesting thing is getting the dog nut off and retightening it.

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Thanks for that. How did you sort the dog nut? Gearbox if off the car by the way.

 

neilly

Well-Known Member

• Apr 22, 2015

• #5

getting it off, I used the breaker bar and starter motor method.

tightening it, in gear someone stood on the brakes and then tightened it to torgue rating and mullered it the extra 90 degrees .

Not sure you can do any of that on your motor.

in which case I hear people have good results using a suitable impact gun

Cheers

 

top drive

Well-Known Member

• Apr 22, 2015

• #6

i impact gunned mine.... took a good 5 minutes of banging on it with the gun - 450nm that thing packs.

 

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Karls

Active Member

• Apr 22, 2015

• #7

So, if I've got the gearbox out is it a bit of a non-starter of a job?

 

james6546

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• Apr 22, 2015

• #8

Karls said:

So, if I've got the gearbox out is it a bit of a non-starter of a job?

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You can get one of these to lock it in place. I should have ponied out for one for mine but in the end I had to get the tyre place out with their massive air gun!

Land Rover 300Tdi, 200Tdi / Jaguar Crank Locking tool (LRT 12 080) (VS4985) | eBay

 

Almonds

Member

• Apr 23, 2015

• #9

Looks same as mine n all, great bit of kit - crank nut might be a pain if it's not been done for a while, mind.

Alm.

 

sp00k

Well-Known Member

• Apr 23, 2015

• #10

I did mine when it was on the garage floor. Used a piece of think angle bar. Drilled two 10mm holes in it to attach to the crank and made a cutout to go around the dognut.

I thought the nut would never loosen. Took several applications of my full weight on a breaker bar, with the bar bending until I thought it would snap before it gave.

 

waldershelf

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• Apr 23, 2015

• #11

sp00k said:

I did mine when it was on the garage floor. Used a piece of think angle bar. Drilled two 10mm holes in it to attach to the crank and made a cutout to go around the dognut.

I thought the nut would never loosen. Took several applications of my full weight on a breaker bar, with the bar bending until I thought it would snap before it gave.

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Is that on the 200tdi? the 300tdi needs a more complicated tool like the one linked to above..

 

sp00k

Well-Known Member

• Apr 23, 2015

• #12

It's the same method for both. With a single piece of angle iron, I was only able to drill two holes for the bolts whereas the one pictured features 4. 2 was plenty for me though.

 

sp00k

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• Apr 23, 2015

• #13

I found a picture of it:

 

cowasaki

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• Apr 26, 2015

• #14

Did mine 2 weeks ago. Mate has a similar kit to the one you posted but also has the crank locking tool. "Land Rover 300Tdi, 200Tdi / Jaguar Crank Locking tool (LRT 12 080) (VS4985)" posted above (or another one like it). The entire job went without any hitches at all. Always good to have the right tools for the job.