Hyundai Manuals and Timing Belt Change

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Can anyone recommend a good manual and or comment on if the advertized
manuals on CD are any good?

The $800 tag for a timing belt change is hard on the pocket book and with
157,000 km on the odo I am coming up to my second change. I am thinking
about tackling the job myself for help I may have my Dad a retired auto
mechanic. Can I do the job myself with a little help?
 
Some of the timing belts are easier to change than others. What year,
model, and engine do you have?

You can find a wealth of service information (for free) at
www.hmaservice.com. You simply need to register for an account.
 
If you haven't done a few of them before, I would recommend that you not do
it. A mistake will cost you (way) more that you save. My 92(93?) Elantra
was screwed up twice by a certified (ASAE?) mechanic. New head.
Shop around, that quote is way high.
bill
 
clemkonan said:
Can anyone recommend a good manual and or comment on if the advertized
manuals on CD are any good?

The $800 tag for a timing belt change is hard on the pocket book and with
157,000 km on the odo I am coming up to my second change. I am thinking
about tackling the job myself for help I may have my Dad a retired auto
mechanic. Can I do the job myself with a little help?
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Yes. A timing belt is not a difficult job. Go ahead and replace idlers,
etc. that are in there also while you have it apart. As for the $800 CD -
don't waste your money. Check out the Hyundai web site and the manuals that
are on the site for free. If that doesn't float your boat, spend $25 for a
one year subscription to All Data.
 
hyundaitech said:
Some of the timing belts are easier to change than others. What year,
model, and engine do you have?

You can find a wealth of service information (for free) at
www.hmaservice.com. You simply need to register for an account.
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I've found this site very unreliable with frequent hangs. Maybe it just
doesn't like Netscape, but I hate IE. I may try it to see if that is
the problem.


Matt
 
Matt Whiting said:
I've found this site very unreliable with frequent hangs. Maybe it just
doesn't like Netscape, but I hate IE. I may try it to see if that is
the problem.
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Unfortunately, it does like IE much better. I use Mozilla myself - except
when I go to the Hyundai site.
 
Mike said:
Unfortunately, it does like IE much better. I use Mozilla myself - except
when I go to the Hyundai site.
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I suspected as much. I'm trying IE right now.

Matt
 
Matt said:
I've found this site very unreliable with frequent hangs. Maybe it just
doesn't like Netscape, but I hate IE. I may try it to see if that is
the problem.
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When you go to the site, it tells you that it only works with IE.
Someone should slap the idiot who designed it, for that and other
reasons. I hate IE as much as anyone, but the Hyundai site is quite
reliable when you use it.
 
Mike said:
Unfortunately, it does like IE much better. I use Mozilla myself - except
when I go to the Hyundai site.
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In case you haven't seen it, there's an extension for Firefox called
"IEView". If you go to a page that only works in IE or doesn't work well
in Firefox, right click anywhere on the page and select "View this page
in IE". It will open IE in a separate window. Very handy!
 
Brian Nystrom said:
In case you haven't seen it, there's an extension for Firefox called
"IEView". If you go to a page that only works in IE or doesn't work well
in Firefox, right click anywhere on the page and select "View this page
in IE". It will open IE in a separate window. Very handy!
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Outstanding Brian! I didn't know about that.
 
Brian said:
When you go to the site, it tells you that it only works with IE.
Someone should slap the idiot who designed it, for that and other
reasons. I hate IE as much as anyone, but the Hyundai site is quite
reliable when you use it.
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Yes, I relented and fired up IE last night and the site worked a lot
better. I agree about the site designer.

Matt
 
Matt said:
Since Netscape 7.2 is Mozilla based, will this extension work also with
Netscape 7.2?
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I couldn't say for sure, but I doubt it. As a former Netscape user, I
don't see any point in using it any longer now the Firefox and
Thunderbird (email) are available. I strongly suggest downloading and
installing them.
 
Brian said:
Matt Whiting wrote:


I couldn't say for sure, but I doubt it. As a former Netscape user, I
don't see any point in using it any longer now the Firefox and
Thunderbird (email) are available. I strongly suggest downloading and
installing them.
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I thought about doing the same, but I like having full capability
(emial, browser, news reader and calendar) all in the same, easy to use
package.


Matt
 
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