Technical Timing locking tools

[rrgino1]

Hi does anybody know where i can obtain timing locking tools for a 1998 fiat ducato 1.9td

 

[Communicator]

Have you tried Ebay?

 

[rrgino1]

Yes looked all over nobody seems to sell them anymore the engine code is 230A2000

 

[Anthony489]

Hi

Try googling 230a2.000

for example: https://www.tools2go-int.com/11678422/engine-timing-tool-set-for-fiat-1-7-1-9-l-diesel

 

[camionpilot]

£ 32 = POSTAGE ON EBAY

 

[rrgino1]

Hi

Try googling 230a2.000

for example: https://www.tools2go-int.com/11678422/engine-timing-tool-set-for-fiat-1-7-1-9-l-diesel

I looked on that link thanks, but there isn't the belt tension bar as shown in my picture

 

[Anthony489]

Hi again

That tensioning tool is Fiat 1860745100/300. I found an equivalent made by XXL in Germany, see XXL-Automotive.de Their part number is XXL-117652 and the pdf instructions (in German) are attached. Price 103.75 Euros plus delivery, so not cheap unless you plan to set up a belt changing business.

From what I can gather, your belt setup uses a fixed tensioner rather than the more modern spring loaded type, so setup is perhaps more critical. I suspect if you took this job to a non franchised garage they would simply press the belt with an oily thumb and use their experience to set the tension ! Belt tension can be measured with various tools, but unfortunately I have no spec for what it should be, I would guess at about 500 Newtons (51 kg-force).

The last possibility is that a properly tensioned belt should vibrate like a bass guitar string when you pluck the longest length. A frequency of 100 Hz would be typical, but this depends on the tension, the length and the weight of the belt.

 

[rrgino1]

Thanks very much for your information