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Leeboo
10-03-09, 04:37 PM
Will a 1.3 8v carb timing belt fit a 1.2 8v carb? Got a new timing belt for a 1.3 lying here but I want to fit it to a 1.2 engine.

edit - I'm not at home at the moment... think they are both square tooth aren't they?

Thanks

mowgli
10-03-09, 06:45 PM
they should be the same

matt_vaughan
10-03-09, 06:54 PM
My 1.2 8V is round tooth.

mowgli
10-03-09, 06:56 PM
the 12st is the same as the 1.3, the later 12n is round tooth..

Leeboo
10-03-09, 11:54 PM
Went out and looked earlier, the 1200 is round tooth, 1300 is square tooth, why the fudge did they make the different! Fags.

Thanks dudes!

brainsnova
11-03-09, 12:15 AM
Went out and looked earlier, the 1200 is round tooth, 1300 is square tooth, why the fudge did they make the different! Fags.

Thanks dudes!

so if you had a 1300 one lying around you couldnt use it lol

Leeboo
11-03-09, 12:48 AM
Thats right! Pretty skint at the mo :( , got an mot in a weeks time, list of things to do/get as long yer arms, legs and ar$e all put together! Good times :(

ck
11-03-09, 04:13 PM
the 12st is the same as the 1.3, the later 12n is round tooth..

12st from my old D-reg was round tooth. my sport 1300 engine is square tooth...

mowgli
11-03-09, 07:21 PM
my b reg 12st was square tooth..... so I assumed they were all that way...

matt_vaughan
11-03-09, 07:55 PM
Vauxhall as usual....20 odd years later we realise the f*ck up.