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Okay, I did some research on the timing belt, and I have some questions. 200 1983

posted by  toofourdy on  Mon Dec 13 02:43 CST 2004
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I changed the timing belt on my 83 245 this weekend with the B23. Not a turbo obviously, but don't let the instructions you find overwhelm you. The job was fine and I consider myself a fairly poor mechanic. My car is a non-interference engine. The only "trick" to doing the job is finding top dead center and keeping the car from moving off it while loosening the crank bolt. I used the rope trick and it worked like a charm for loosening the bolt. My only piece of advice I have is to drive the car up on ramps or jackstands. It was much easier for me to get under the car to look to make sure my crank marks were lined up when installing the belt than it was to try to view it from above. Make sure you get the marks on the belt itself lined up with the marks on the crank, intermediate shaft, and cam pulleys as getting the belt a tooth or more off will cause problems. However, this isn't a big deal to do either. Again, this isn't that bad of a job.






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