240 General: 'Turnbuckle' adjusters

[Clan]

Originally Posted by loki_the_glt

B21s are a piece of cake, Steve, as there are 6 10mil bolts holding the pulley in place: B200/230s were "improved" (Hutber's Law - Improvement means deterioration) by replacing the 6 small bolts with one 24mil one torqued to about 3million lb/ft that needs an air-wrench to remove. But removing the grille, radiator and fan makes the job a lot easier as all the timing marks can be seen through the radiator-shaped space.

On the B21 and B23 there is no reason to take the pulley off , the belt slips off easily ..( Having done probably 100's )

The B200 and B230 a different story , the crank pulley locking tool is a great help , putting it in gear is not usualy good enough as i've tried that at home many years ago and had a perfectly good clutch slip, trying to loosen .

[PTJS]

Thanks Clan. The extra expense and trouble of obtaining a crank pulley locking tool is making me think I should get my motor engineer to do it. Should have kept my 1979 244 with B21A engine!

Phil

[Clan]

Simple is best :-) The pre 1979 B21A with the alloy timing cover is even more of a doddle , my record is 7 Minutes for a complete timing belt change ...

[Steve and his 244]

WHat advantages does the alu belt cover have then?

Steve

[Andrew (UK)]

Originally Posted by Clan

The B200 and B230 a different story , the crank pulley locking tool is a great help , putting it in gear is not usualy good enough as i've tried that at home many years ago and had a perfectly good clutch slip, trying to loosen .

I don't know about usually as it worked for me and I know it has worked for others. In gear, handbrake on and a foot firmly on the brake should do the trick. Alternatively, disable the ignition, wedge the breaker bar against the ground or a piece of wood protecting the body work and then touch the starter. Then there's always the 'rope trick' ie fill a cylinder with a rope through the spark plug hole with the cylinder at a little before TDC on the compression stroke - but I've not tried that one. Lots of ways to do it without the locking tool, but the locking tool is the easiest.

[Clan]

looks the part and damps any noise from the belt area better . It was how the engine was first designed before someone decided they could save a couple of £ by changing to plastic .. matches the cam cover a treat ,have you seen one?

[Paul240480]

B200E & B230 = Impact Wrench! Crank pulley bolt off in seconds. I saw the '240 Guru'( aka Mike Brace) show me on mine! Gotta get me one of those

[loki_the_glt]

Originally Posted by Clan

Simple is best :-) The pre 1979 B21A with the alloy timing cover is even more of a doddle , my record is 7 Minutes for a complete timing belt change ...

Show-off!!! It takes me that long just to get the tools together for the job...