timing belt

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lesholmes
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looking for help on replacing a timing belt on my 78/124/spider, old belt is in place but looking a little tired.can I just remove and replace,how do I release the tention? any help would be great. homer. thank you.
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http://www.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic ... LT#p104132

THIS IS A GOOD ONE..... there are many others .....
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You might want to consider changing the front oil seals too and checking the water pump while you have the front accessible. There are a lot of posts on this subject that should pop up with the search feature. A good shop manual will help a lot too.
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this subject has been discussed in great detail quite recently. may want to do a search to find the info.
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