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Timing Belt Change 200 TDI Land Rover (page 3)

I should have put this in earlier, but I didn't refer to it much in use. 
This is obviously the crank damper, at TDC you note that the TDC marks
are actually at about 11 o'clock. If you look at the 4th picture on this page
you see that a raised seam/line on the timing gear cover plate can be seen
running from the crank shaft hole to the horizontal line running across the
cover plate. That line at 11 o'clock is what this TDC line will line up with.....
just so you know!

re-assemble with relevant gaskets (or just silicone gasket if your that way inclined), refill with water/antifreeze, then your done!, start it, if it goes bang it wasn't right! (don't worry! it won't go bang!!! if you did the timing right and tightened every thing up.) By the way, make sure that someone stands on the brake (put it in gear) when you tighten up the crank damper bolt bloody tight!

Any problems?

Errr, yes, just the usual.

The yellow dots of paint I mentioned. The belt was previously changed at 114,000 mile in February 2001, then in August 2001 the owner got someone to fit a new fuel pump. The guy who fitted it obviously couldn't be arsed to re-set the timing correctly so he put yellow dots of paint on the timing gear then re-assembled following the dots. Trouble was he was a bit out! So I noticed a substantial improvement in the running of my landy after I had changed the belt and reset the timing correctly myself. It now smokes much less (hardly any in fact) and is definitely smoother. This should also be good news for fuel economy considering I was already getting 30mpg with the timing slightly out!

The other problem was pattern parts....again. Look at the pic below.

That's the land rover original one on the right with the raises inner sleeve, and the "blue box" one on the left which clearly has a thinner inner sleeve. What this essentially means is that I needed to cut the securing bolt 8mm shorter to get it to tighten correctly. The gasket for the timing case cover was totally the wrong shape (yet correct code!) also.  Its well worth getting the timing case cover water tight, you don't want mud in there with the belt keeping everything in line!

If you do this then work from the Haynes manual, I think my pictures are clearer, but they definitely more in depth than my explanation.

<click here for the printable pdf file>

Special thanks to Jason Crawford for this excellent article.

Jason Crawford does have a very nice and comprehensive website
featuring several Land Rover maintenance jobs!

Check these links for more info:

http://www.jojas.co.uk/timing_belt_change.htm
http://www.jojas.co.uk/indexlandy.htm

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