Quote Originally Posted by MSHardeman View Post
Jon,

I haven't done the timing belt switch yet, but it is on my list of things to do for sure. I've read through Bart's How-to and it looks like you could use an extra set of hands during a few key steps. I will happily volunteer my hands if you can/ want to wait until Friday afternoon/evening or Saturday sometime to do the belt swap. It'll also give me an opportunity for a "dry run" before I have to do mine.

Let me know and I'll head on over....
Mark, that would be awesome- I'll supply the Beer, you supply the help . Tomorrow will work great, i'll hold off on doing anything tonight. Give me a call or PM and i'll get you directions. I work until 4

Quote Originally Posted by nfpgasmask View Post
x2 on all that. IMO, it's better to be safe than sorry. I'd ring Merlin and get an OEM belt shipped asap. I bet he can do overnight for you if you want to spend the money. My VX was down for 4 days when I did mine. Of course, I was taking my time and documenting everything, which added to the downtime, but this is just one of those things you don't want to eff up.

That said, I suppose you could count teeth and match the lines. Your call.

Bart
Bart, stellar write up! I spent three hrs on it last night and got all the way to the timing belt. Without the writeup, i would have taken it to a shop for sure. I owe you a six pack

About the timing belt... i'm leaning that direction too on scapping this timing belt and leaving the VX o/s for the weekend. Mark and I will take a look into it more tomorrow.