Hey all, at 52 years young I’m finally the owner of an 86 944 NA. I’ve always wanted one and I’m extremely excited about the car and looking forward to restoring it. The car came with a bunch of replacement parts like belt kit, fuel pump and other stuff. I consider myself a moderately competent wrencher, just completing a timing belt and water pump on my Audi TT. My question is can I visually inspect the belts and check the tension on my 944 to see if they need to be changed or should I just change them since I don’t know how long they’ve been on. Also, there is an eBay timing belt tool kit for the 944. Are these ebay kits good or is another place to source the tools that are better quality. I’ll get a pic up ASAP.

Thanks Joe for the response. I’ll go ahead and change the belts then. Looking for the tools I need I did come across 944online and have purchased the tool kit from Ian. Thanks again

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Thanks V2, this will help. When I bought the car the previous owner gave some parts he purchased one being the updated water pump so I’ll need to get the belt kit for the newer 46mm water pump roller. Thanks again