89magic98

Wasn't this tape (an older guy with white hair/mustache, and a white lab coat) only covering timing belt tension, and not the replacement?

That means he doesn't cover marking the balance shaft sprockets/belt.

Serge944

Changing the t-belt on these cars is very straight forward. There are so many writeups online about it, that a video is simply unnecessary. A little more than a year ago, the only maintenance I've ever performed was changing the oil on my moms car. Since then, ive done 2 belt jobs, using nothing but common hand tools. Use common sense and you shouldn't get any bent valves. Good luck.

epbrown01

I think a video is a great idea for novices - the PCA should produce some. The Rolls-Royce Owners Club has some great videos on RR maintenance that I bought when I had a Rolls. Great way to familiarize yourself with the car. They also had videos of club tech seminars that were pretty good as well.

Emanuel

bigal13

hi

i am glad to see that i am not the only one that thinks this is a good idea.
its all very well other people saying its easy but when you have never did a timing belt before and the implications of getting it wrong.
I think that having a DVD to watch on a laptop as your doing the job is a great way of learning also this could be a way of helping this site to pay for itself or at least go to wards it

anyway i am still hoping someone has a camera handy at the next timing belt party

Justin Browning

I thought there was some software that you could convert NTSC to PAL. AFAIK it is just a FPS issue. I will search, but VirtualDub and TMPEnc come to mind.

Serge944

I would be glad to make a video of a t-belt change as long as someone lets me borrow a digital cam and fresh belts ...someone would have to step in for the tensioning part however, as i dont use P9201. Ill use the kriket for my 3rd belt change..since the 3rd time is always the charm.

p950nlu

Hello

did anything happen with this video?

Serge944

Im changing my belts next month. Ill see if I can make a video.

thrice944

Hi, I found this old thread while searching to see if anyone has made any videos on how change the belts and waterpump on a 944.

I recently had the opportunity to pick up an 87 944 with 52,000 miles from a family friend for a very low price and have been reading up on as much information as I can about maintaining the car. The maintenenance records show no records of timing belt or waterpump changes and I am at the point where I am not willing to start the car for fear of snapping my belt after reading all the horror stories and warnings on these forums.

I am a poor college student and I can barely save up enough money to get myself a complete belt and pump kit and maybe the special tools sold by Bruce on his wesbite. However I am a complete novice when it comes to cars and even with all the detailed and hepful instructions from Clarks garage and these forums, I really think an actual video of the procedure would be really helpful in doing the job myself. If anyone has made such a video or is doing their 30K maintenance sometime soon, I would be willing to pay shipping and a reasonable fee to record the procedure.

Also, has anyone personally seen the old VHS tape sold on Performance Products for $40 or so? Maybe this would work but it seems really short and expensive. Thanks for your help.

Reimu

A video would be nice. I've read up a lot on the belt changes, but actually seeing it happen with a step by step would be more in depth. Would it ever be possible for one of you belt changing veterans to make a video and upload it to rapidshare?

KY944S

There are some short clips on Arnworx site. Great guy to deal with and some great tools.

http://www.arnnworx.com/new_tensioning_tool.htm