1. Choose one aspect and descride the procedure and what you need to do it (manuals)?
The aspect I'm going to choose is the timing belt. Because the 3.1 TD was only sold on the east it was hard to find the proper method if changing the timing belt. We had a manual saying the basic repairs but no timing belt. My teacher was looking on a blog that said a pretty good method of doing it, also belt tension values and torque values. From this blog we worked out how to do it. For the things we didn't know I problem solved and did it.
Step 1
- remove all of the drive belt
Step 2
- remove the four bolts that hold the crankshaft pulley and use a rubber hammer to remove the pulley
Step 3
- remove the timing belt shield
Step 4
- take a socket wrench and turn the crankshaft so the key lines up with TDC timing mark
Step 5
- Aline the camshaft pulley and the injection pulley by putting a bolt through the alinement holes on both of the pulleys to make sure that they stay at TDC position
Step 6
- make a mark with a marker on the camshaft side and injection pump side of the belt
Step 7
- loosen the tenison pulley and remove the timing belt
Step 8
- transfer the marking to the new timing belt. MAKE SURE YOU LINE UP THE MARKINGS PERFECTLY!!
Step 9
- place the new timing belt into position and line up the markings
Step 10
- using a scale put a 9kg load on the timing belt using the tensioning arm to the transfer the load. Torque the tension pulley to 76Nm.
Step 11
- remove the alinement bolts from the injection and cam pulley. Rotate the engine 45 degrees anti clockwise and ensure all the slack is on the tensioner side.
Step 12
- return the engine to TDC and ensure that the bolt go into the alinement holes.
What did you learn from the conversion? What was challenging? And why?
I would like to say that this project was very enjoy able and fun. Also me and my classmates had a great teacher to learn from! Some parts of the project were very challenging. Like getting the engine in the right position. I would say my problem solving skills have grown during this project. I learn many thing like how to read wiring diagrams, welding, developing more of a feel for automotive work, wiring circuits and etc to many thing to say. Some challenging things were not having my proper manuals I over came this by problems solving and trial and error. I would do it again if a could.
