LibertyCRD wrote:
I did not re-use the timing cover gasket, as mine was in good shape at 98K and would have been a bear to scrape off. So I left it intact. All it does is keep dust out anyway.
I also drained my radiator so I could do fresh coolant. Since you are not doing a water pump change, you probably won't do this. But...you will lose a little when you do the t-stat. So buy yourself a gallon of Zerex G-05 to have on hand anyway.
I assume you were meaning to say that you DID re-use the cover gasket?!?
Also I am going to do the water pump, I don't want to be since its that far apart I really should. I just hope this little beast runs another 100,000 miles for me! I have taken a look at both GDE's and some write-up's in the tech section but I wish there were some more pictures of the actual job and one thing that gets me still is how do you know how much tension to put on the timing belt seeing as you have to adjust it back after replacement?
Also if someone has a good torque spec. list for the stuff that will need to be re-torqued. I guess I could also go find the FSM and look it all up.
There really isn't any info on the water pump replacement while doing the belt, at least not on GDE's write-up. This stuff really doesn't seem like a super hard job, I actually like doing this kind of stuff but I don't like being able to screw it up so I want to be sure I know what I'm doing!!