Re: timing belt change

[Shawn C Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com>]

On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:40:00 EDT Captnbr@aol.com writes:
>I am planning on changing my timing belt myself if it is easy, so I can
save 
>the $180.  It looks pretty straight forward, remove the V-belts, and
cover.  
>But I don't have a timing light or anything.  Is it safe to say that
being 
>the car is already timed all I need to do is take the old one off and
slap on 
>the new one and the car would still be timed properly or is there more
to 
>this job?  Thanks
>
>Brian 86 16v


On a 16V it is possible to do the belt change without needing a timming
light since the distributor is run off of the cam. The timming wont be
exactly where it was before the new belt was installed but it will run. 
The intermediate shaft does nothing more than hold the belt up. If this
were an 8V you would definitely need a timing light since the chance of
the intermediate shaft getting moved is likely to happen. You will never
know where the timming is once its all together. The last 8V I did fired
right up after I installed the timming belt. Meer luck. However the
timming still needed to be set.



>P.S.  Any other tips about this job would be appreciated


While your at it, why not take advantage of everything being removed and
replace the passenger side motor mount! You are right there! 


              Shawn Meze
86' Jetta GLi           82' Scirocco GTi
The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and
best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
http://www.Geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1308/index.htm

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