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yojimbo wrote:If you are replacing the timing belt, and I'm sure you know this, you must replace the balance belt as well, and both tensioners. Otherewise all that will happen is the tensioners, probably the balance belt one, will fail soon anyway, having the same effect as a belt failure.

I'm replacing it all! It's going to be a fun day in the backyard

Heh took me about a week, but I was taking my sweet time! I also replaced the pulley and bolt and woodruff, just because I didnt want to live in fear of mine failing, even though it looked perfectly ok. When I put the bolt in I didnt do it up to the silly high torque it asks for, I used threadlock and went lower, for one thing my buddy with the cold chisel in the flywheel teeth couldnt hold it anyway.

Top tip for getting the bolt out, put a good socket on a bar resting on the front diff, unplug the IP so the solenoid doesnt get juice, and give it a flick on the starter.

There is also a "LOC TIGHT" made for shafts with key-ways I use to use it for large paper presses....might be worth using.

Both Butch and Mardy have said it's the water pump so I feel pretty confident with that conclusion, especially since I do appear to have leaked some coolant.