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Bionic Senior Member Offline Why drive anything else? Posts: 812 Leicester Gender: Drives: 1999 Omega Elite 3.0 petrol 4 speed auto	Camshaft locking tool 11. Dec 2009 at 15:53 Can anyone give me the dimensions, and a drawing hopefully of a V6 Ecotec Camshaft locking tool so I can make one. Once done I can then loan it to anyone in the Leicester Area. Thanx................
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Marks DTM Calib Administrator Offline Ex Member Posts: 25671 Northern Hemisphere Gender: Drives: Astra J, Mum Bus, Dexta Tractor, 108 DMU wip	Re: Camshaft locking tool Reply #1 - 11. Dec 2009 at 15:54 Bionic wrote on 11. Dec 2009 at 15:53: Can anyone give me the dimensions, and a drawing hopefully of a V6 Ecotec Camshaft locking tool so I can make one. Once done I can then loan it to anyone in the Leicester Area. Thanx................ Not as easy as that as you also need the crankshaft tool and timing gauge on the V6.
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Re: Camshaft locking tool
Reply #2 - 11. Dec 2009 at 16:00

Given the cost of repairing an engine that is NOT set up correctly, and the cost of buying a "proper" kit on ebay ... I would never go for a "home made" setup to be honest.

As my sig says... I have a "proper" kit if anyone in the swidnod area ever needs to borrow one ..

I accept you may be a highly qualifed and skilled toolmaker ... but I'm a highly qualified coward !!!!

« Last Edit: 11. Dec 2009 at 16:01 by Entwood »

V6 Cam locking/setting kit, Maxscan GS500 OBDII code reader/EML resetter available. Click for some Pictures

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Bionic Senior Member Offline Why drive anything else? Posts: 812 Leicester Gender: Drives: 1999 Omega Elite 3.0 petrol 4 speed auto	Re: Camshaft locking tool Reply #3 - 11. Dec 2009 at 16:14 Ouch,, Not a Qualified toolmaker but over the years I have had to make many a 'special tool' only available then to the main dealers. Just thought that this may be possible. As I live in Leicester its a bit too far for most that have them to loan. That and most require an inordinate number of posts to qualify.
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Re: Camshaft locking tool
Reply #4 - 11. Dec 2009 at 16:19

Bionic wrote on 11. Dec 2009 at 16:14:

Ouch,,
Not a Qualified toolmaker but over the years I have had to make many a 'special tool' only available then to the main dealers. Just thought that this may be possible. As I live in Leicester its a bit too far for most that have them to loan. That and most require an inordinate number of posts to qualify.

Doesn't take long to get the post count up (don't be fooled by mine... It's been nobbled by an Admin Roll Eyes

)... And I'm sure that someone will lend a kit to you Thumbs Up!

Whatever it is... I didn't do it

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Re: Camshaft locking tool
Reply #5 - 11. Dec 2009 at 16:23

Not saying it's impossible to rig some kind of locking kit, but given the number of bits & the fact that the 'spectacles' bit needs to be correct so you can check the accuracy of the final alignment of the cams, then you'd end up no better than if you used "rack o'th'eye" and the marks/lines on the cam belt. Thumbs Up!

this was just a reasonable picture to use, not a recomendation of the make Wink

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Matchless Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1746 Nottingham Gender: Drives: The one at the end of the drive	Re: Camshaft locking tool Reply #6 - 11. Dec 2009 at 16:27 PM sent
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