Ok, here's the story, I am a former owner of a 86 GL station wagon that was given to me (the one in little picture above). I have an Accord and a Cherokee, but for some reason, I always found myself reaching for the GL keys when it was time to go. I really liked it, but had a friend that was on hard times and needed a ride, so I gave him my roo. Now he is off his hard times and wanting to get rid of the GL and I am thinking of taking it back, but it has since broken a timing belt and a timing idler pulley.

 

its been about 2 years since I have poked my head under the hood of one of these, so I am looking for some advise. What am I looking at to replace the timing belts and the pulley? Anything to keep an eye on while doing this?

Edited October 27, 201015 yr by hyrysc

Get the belts and pulley set from ebay - like $65 or something for both tensioners, the idler, and both belts.

 

Get yourself a set of cam seals, a crank seal, and an oil pump seal kit from the dealer.

 

Ditch the timing belt covers.

 

Should be able to do it for well under $100 with parts and coolant.

 

Takes about 2 to 4 hours to replace them and no internal damage can result from them breaking so if that's all that's wrong with it I say go ahead and replace them.

 

GD

man,I miss my 86 gl.loved that thing.then it was t boned by a plow driver.still havent found another here in ny.get it back and fix her!

You said it yourself....you were always reaching for the keys to the Subie. Not many of us get a second chance.

Not many of us get a second chance.

 

You ain't lying, my STD Hatch was T-Boned by a truck, about a year after I sold it.