T4 2.5 cam belt - advice

[David Morris]

Just finishing off on a full 120K service on my Ex ambo 2003 T4 2.5tdi transporter auto been 3 days of hard yacker lots of missing bits of skin & a few wounds ,spilled blood for the second time around as T got the van with 30K on it but a resusunit si it got lots of lights & sirens responce in it home base in Orange NSW in its 3 year lease .
Its a great drive but has been a challange new torque convertor when the auto started to shudder $1600 as I out sorced that job & got a air to oil cooler fitted at the same time that removes 15 c from the oil on the way through but the oil still needs changing every 15k Klm as its burned thats not a bad job with a new filter each time about $100 by the time you get the oil & DIY .
I got 2 books on Ebay that are suposed to cover the 03 T4 model 2.5 TDI but they are a waste of money compared to the computer disc stuff I had before till I lost the programes in a computer crash they covered everything in detail I will reactivate them later as I still have the discs only need a new KEY .
I pushed the disc bake pads back after sucking the fluid out of the resivour so it didnt over flow changed the fluid as it was crappy refilled & slowly stroked the pad back out till I got a full pedal again that triggered a fault light till it was driven a round the block & I pushed the rubber button on the top of the plastic resivour now all good again .
Working on geting trans temp display as even with the new cooler there is still lots of heat to get rid of the original water cooled one was not good at its job I am working on finding an bigger one than I have now I sold my caravan so thats not a problem any more .
Cleaning out the inlet manifold with all the soot build up from the EGR system is s crappy job washed out the intercooler to while it was off , got the buggs out from between the aircon condensor & radiator with the airgun & a vacuum cleaner will pay off for the long hot summer months I will top up the double air con system fitted to these machines later when I get time .
Looking foraward to the next 100K service like a hole in the head I got to thank Dave at Euro Car Parts for his service if you got the VIN # he will send you the rite parts