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  1. 14th December 2018, 09:53 AM #1
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    Timing belt tools for a Discovery 3 in Adelaide

    I've just recently done the timing belt on my 2007 Discovery 3 TDV6, including replacing the oil pump with the updated and less crack-and-destroy-your-engine design.

    It wasn't that bad a job, but I wound up basically doing it twice though because I was too tight to buy the special crank seal installation tools. I stuffed it up the first time and had a slow leak as a result. Take two was far more successful.

    Anyway, there are now a set of locking tools AND front crank seal installing tools available for loan in Adelaide. Save yourself the $500-odd I wound up paying for them all. Price is a carton of Super Dry – you collect and return. If you don't return them, I'll hunt you down and pour 20 litres of unleaded into your fuel tank

    Flick me a message if you're interested.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ndrew View Post
    Save yourself the $500-odd I wound up paying for them all.
    You do realise you can get the chinese version for about $35 on ebay and they work fine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by garrycol View Post
    You do realise you can get the chinese version for about $35 on ebay and they work fine.
    Try $26 delivered
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  4. 15th December 2018, 08:49 PM #4
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    do the Chinese copy come with the crank seal fitting tool for that price ? mine didn't and luckily I ordered 2 seals as I got a bit keen with the first 1 and it leaked 2 mins after start up. Was so much fun pulling it all back apart and removing the starter a second time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ean Austral View Post
    do the Chinese copy come with the crank seal fitting tool for that price ? mine didn't and luckily I ordered 2 seals as I got a bit keen with the first 1 and it leaked 2 mins after start up. Was so much fun pulling it all back apart and removing the starter a second time.

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    No they don't, saw a post on the d3 forum where the plastic pump protector was used to push the seal in.
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  6. 16th December 2018, 08:59 AM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by garrycol View Post
    You do realise you can get the chinese version for about $35 on ebay and they work fine.
    Ha! Evidently, I do not

    Ah well. I certainly hunted high and low for the crank seal installer tools and couldn’t find an alternative source. I used the plastic locking nut thing from the oil pump to install the seal the first time around, but, obviously, that didn’t work too well!

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  7. 16th December 2018, 09:55 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by loanrangie View Post
    No they don't, saw a post on the d3 forum where the plastic pump protector was used to push the seal in.
    Its more getting the seal onto the crank end . We used to use thin shim material or a coke can years ago but my first attempt at this resulted in the inner lip being stretched to much and hence it leaked once the engine started. I Just use the old seal to push the new one into place

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