Timing belt kits

[460cixy]

Mines due and I'm wondering what kits you blokes are useing? I gather genuine is dear as poison. And what kind of mileage are you changeing your belts? Mines done 70k there abouts since the last one

[Judo]

300TDI?

I bought a kit from the UK. Dayco belt + new gears - IIRC a idler gear and crank gear with edge lip.

[460cixy]

Yup 300tdi what was the damage?

[Judo]

I think it was about $120.

[schuy1]

I always use Dayco belts, dont always change pulleys or gears. Did that at 180k. am replacing idlers and tensioners at this 1 320k.Change at or around the 60-70k mark. Let the first go to 100 on L/R advice and it let go! That was just b4 the changed service interval to 60k! Some pics of a belt at 70k compared to a new 1.
Cheers Scott

[Blknight.aus]

I just ring MR automotive and say

TDI300. timing belt kit please, deliver to XXX/yyy credit card number is.

never hada problem yet.

[460cixy]

I just ring MR automotive and say

TDI300. timing belt kit please, deliver to XXX/yyy credit card number is.

never hada problem yet.

Think that's the ticket

[rick130]

Karcraft, they supply the Bearmach kit which has all the right bits including the one piece crank pulley

[goingbush]

Just to throw a spanner in the works, (read.. I need to get off the damn internet)

The thing that I considered most when buying another LandRover ( after a catastrophic 1HDT timing belt failure ) was 'does it have a timing belt ?'.

which is why I chose a Td5

so anyone here tried a Zeuss Timing gear kit on a Tdi. If I had Tdi it would be a priority for me & if I'd known they were available I might have considered Tdi instead of Td5 ???

Zeus Timing Gears-50,000 km Review.

flame away, I know in reality they dont give much trouble, but once burned ...

[rick130]

Don, have you ever read up on how much trouble the Zeus kits have given over the years ?
Plus the weight apparently is something else too.

The Tdi's are pretty good these days.