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[Roy J. Tellason]

On Friday 13 October 2006 08:50 pm, Tony Duell wrote:
> > "Classic" example (and yes,  it's over 10 year old :-):  I was trying to
> > change out the battery in a Lumina APV.  Like a lot of other stuff, 
> > there
>
> I am gettign fed up with the number of cars where it's difficult to
> change the timing (camshaft) belt. I've seen many examples where the belt
> goes _through_ an engine mounting, meaning you have to support the engine
> and remove the mounting to change the belt. Or drop the engine a bit to
> get to the crankshaft bolt, or...

Having done a couple of those too,  my experience agrees with this.  Why make 
an item that _will_ wear and eventually break so darn difficult to replace?

Grr!

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