19-08-2015, 06:49 PM
I always fail...you cant fail swapping an engine though, can easily fail swapping a cambelt! It's the access and 'feel' for tension that I struggled with tbh, engine out it'd be much easier but still without a proper tensioner it's only an educated guess.
Depends where the engine came from... I bought a whole crashed HDi cheap with full service history and obviously known mileage. Couldn't sell the engine so bought another HDi with a snapped cambelt to fit the engine to...
It's the engine in the moonstone that you boosted that Toseland now owns so wasn't a shitter... 
Don't need to replace much either, you'd most likely change coolant, aux belt and give it a full service with a cambelt change anyway.
Of course it's not for everyone, in the same way a paint sprayer would repair a dented wing and I'd just swap one from a scrap yard. Depends on various factors obviously. Still, I don't remember seeing a HDi snap a belt through age in all the time I've been playing with them, its always the crank pulley collapsing that does it.
Depends where the engine came from... I bought a whole crashed HDi cheap with full service history and obviously known mileage. Couldn't sell the engine so bought another HDi with a snapped cambelt to fit the engine to...
It's the engine in the moonstone that you boosted that Toseland now owns so wasn't a shitter... Don't need to replace much either, you'd most likely change coolant, aux belt and give it a full service with a cambelt change anyway.
Of course it's not for everyone, in the same way a paint sprayer would repair a dented wing and I'd just swap one from a scrap yard. Depends on various factors obviously. Still, I don't remember seeing a HDi snap a belt through age in all the time I've been playing with them, its always the crank pulley collapsing that does it.