MD22L Cambelt Change - Moody 44 - Who/How?

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Hi,

Asked the boatyard, (Glasson Dock, Nr. Lancaster), to change the cam belt and the engineer took one look at how difficult it is to get at, made a few negative noises, and decided he was busy for some time.

The guy that runs the yard tells me that the engineer is a sub contractor, and that he didnt think he wanted to do the job.

Has anone else had this problem, and how did you solve it?

I can agree that getting at the cambelt, at the front of the engine with about 9 inches clearance to the bulkhead, is difficult. The fact that the fuel tank is in front of the bulkhead means you cant cut an access hole.

Many Thanks

Richard
 
While our MD22L belt looks ok I plan on replacing it soon (have the belt already) and doing it myself.

Forumite Spannerman gave a very good post in October 2004 at http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php?C...true#Post602232 as to how to do it for the MD22 and reading that and the service manual it looks easy enuff. In my case the difficult bit is getting the large auxiliary alternator and its mount off the front of the engine first.

While I have not done it yet myself I have looked through what needs to be done for the cam belt change and I do not know of anything that makes the job hard for you with the close bulkhead except for visibility.

Spannerman's post is especially valuable cos it does not refer to Volvo's "special tools" all the time as the manual does and gives the method of locking the crankshaft without removing the starter and using the "special locking tool" (although Volvo do admit to the simple pin through the hole method but not in the cam belt changing section /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif).

However the manual adds the pinning of the camshaft pulley and also the loosening of the pulleys while tightening the belt so is worth having, but think Spannerman's method would suffice. I can email you a copy of the manual if you wish but you would need to PM me with your email address before your Saturday as I then go overseas for 3 weeks.

John
 
Thanks for the reference.... Steve makes it sound so simple that I may be tempted to have a go myself. My father tells me that when it was replaced in March 2003, the engineer used a big mirror to get a better view of the front of the engine.

If I manage it in a few hours, that would show the boatyards' engineer a thing or two! <g>

As for the manual... Thanks, but I downloaded one in 4 parts from the Beneteau owners site a few days ago. I would guess that it is the same place that you got yours from.

Enjoy your trip.

Richard
 
No problem Richard.

Pretty obvious really but as long as one maintains the timing I don't think it is possible to go wrong. I particularly liked Spannerman's method of checking the tension - the idea of getting a guage to use, as in the manual, had put me off.

Regards

John
 
Thanks for the link Richard.

Have copied it into my maintenance file - a couple of extra useful bits in that to take note of.

Regards

John
 
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