Facing My Fears! Replacing the Mitsubishi Magna's 6G74 Timing Belt, Water Pump & More!

[@kierenalvarez]

007 GoldenEye anyone? 😂 Sean's having a battle at the facility!

[@damienwilloughby]

🤣

[@TheAutostyle]

Its caverns mission form goldeneye 64. And at the start he's playing gran turismo 3 music.

[@Mannhael]

Give yourself a pat on the back, that was a task and a half and you saw it through. Overcame and solved problems means you’re no idiot. Hope you’re proud of your work because you have earned it in spades. Thanks for another great video 👍

[@tcpnetworks]

This job I did 15 years ago and it was a sod. The Gates pump I used leaked after 50,000K and they honored the warranty. They were excellent cars...

[@lathiat]

The more impressive thing is doing it while filming it. It's a pain of a job without filming it. Thank god for the forum guides for both the Magna (did my TL VR-X Manual) and also my Legnum (even worse with the rear turbo). Couple special tools needed, mainly a 10mm or 12mm zero offset spanner (I forget which now, been a while), plus the tensioner tool he showed. And for one of them I needed like 1M of extension bars.

[@thewholls7176]

Good Job Often KZbin makes these jobs look easy and they are not so full marks to you for communicating the level of difficulty Probably the biggest pressure relief on a job like that is if the car is not a daily driver and you can walk away from it and finish it tomorrow or another day that takes a lot of pressure off When it’s 4 o’clock on a Sunday afternoon and you’re relying on the car the next day for work that’s where you’re asking for trouble

[@MotoringBoxTV]

Yes that definitely puts the stress on. Luckily I don't have to deal with that anymore.

[@glenno5897]

The choice of background music really added suspense/drama to a very tense situation. Great effect!

[@sonofdat]

I thought the same.. was on the edge of my seat there for a while.

[@kingsleypurvis8707]

You're no idiot. This series on the Ralliart has been vey insightful for a lot of people.

[@vanlundstrom2164]

Currently stuck in outback Queensland with nothing but a 96 magna with a blown engine, an alcoholic mechanic and eBay. This vid has given me a little bit of hope in knowing what could be wrong. Cheers for the informative video, I’ll reply back with progress 😅

[@sonofdat]

I don't think you're an idiot Sean. An epic job well done, should be proud of yourself having the ability and the guts to give it a go. 10/10.

[@andrews8552]

Very well done Sean - the 6G74 is a painful engine to work on but the exhaust note is worth the struggle.

[@stormofzair]

Really glad you've put so much effort into restoring this! Had a 3.5L manual TH Magna and I miss it - unfortunately I found so much builders bog in the passenger side a pillar from a previous owners accident and I just didn't have the confidence that it was structurally sound enough to survive an accident but that thing had the ralliart headers with a straight through exhaust (2 ¾ inch I think but cannot remember) and that thing managed to get a 14.71 ¼ mile time (in fairness I took out all the seats minus drivers obviously, the exhaust from the cat back, spare wheel, anything that added any weight. With the weight it hit 14.91. These things are a boat but they were an absolute joy to drive especially on a long road trip! I hope you are getting the same joy out of this as every other Magna enthusiast has!!! By the looks of these videos, you are mostly just not the timing belt aspect 🤣

[@GForceVRX]

Well done Sean! I know it’s not an easy job. I know Magna enthusiasts that can do it in 3-4 hours all in, but personally I’m no good with my hands like that so I’d probably screw it up if I attempted it myself on my Magna’s. That’s why Ive always paid mechanics to do it. Full respect to you for giving it a go yourself mate!

[@MotoringBoxTV]

I think you've gotta weigh up the risks, which in this case could result in a full engine rebuild (or at least the top-end) if things went wrong. The amount you're paying a mechanic to (hopefully) do it right suddenly becomes worth it.

[@GForceVRX]

@@MotoringBoxTVyes I do agree

[@brantleyfoster021]

​​@@MotoringBoxTV The by the book servicing is very tough to follow for this area along with the rear bank spark plugs. But many mechanics know shortcuts to these processes that is not in the book. If you come across a mechanic that can do it, prices are quite cheap. The other problem is that the timing belt is not the only area that really requires changing here when it's done, the water pump & a few other part's need doing too from what I gathered.

[@danthevrxman]

Love watching your magna videos. I sold my vrx over 10 years ago and though I've moved onto bigger and better cars I still miss it and think of it quite often. These videos bring back fond memories for me. So thank you

[@Toshiro7777]

Magna fan here. You did a great job! Love to see Magna content.

[@ozgarage956]

Well done mate, it takes big balls to attempt that kind of job for your first time, especially on a cramped FWD engine (much easier on a RWD car). i toasted an EL falcon 6cyl motor after completing a head gasket job for my first time, the timing chain tensioner didn't release when i thought it did and she went bang in less than 5 secs. It's nerve racking when you don't do this for a living, i get it. Be proud of yourself mate, you deserve to give yourself more credit than you'd like to. 👍

[@phonic1451]

Those rubber/leather strap oil filter tools work well fir holding the cam gears. I used this method on a TJ sports 6G75 I swapped in to a TF magna. With manual transmissions Magnas can be surprisingly swift. 😁

[@MotoringBoxTV]

I tried one of those and failed!

[@phonic1451]

@@MotoringBoxTV I might have been lucky then. Enjoying the content mate, glad you kept at it!

[@OPyamumsyadad]

First I’m 13 and modding my car in GT3 A-spec. Then I’m 8 and in the pause menu of Goldeneye. Thanks for the memories!

[@rossmarzano]

According to your video it took less than 45min. Im impressed

[@Noelly1980]

I did the same thing mate. I had to do the rear diff bushes on my Territory about 12 months, and I dilly daddled around the idea of doing it. Problem is, I knew I had to do it one way or another, but I just dreaded doing it. Then a mate of mine came over when we were working on something totally unrelated, and he asked what I was doing with the Territory. I told him about doing the bushes, and he said lets just get into it. I don't know why I was so scared to do it, it turned out it only took about 2 and a half hours of our time. Glad I got in and done it, now I am not afraid of it when I have to do it in my F6.

[@jonathonbray9143]

Great work mate! I done one on my 2005 vrx magna and it was a bit daunting thats for sure, but like you i persevered and got it in the end. Keep up the good work!

[@Wolf1ekun]

Great work Sean - I consider myself to have a semi-decent level of mechanical aptitude but the prospect of replacing a timing belt is incredibly daunting. I’ve replaced cam sprockets on my 5.4 V8 Fairlane and that was stressful enough making sure the chain went back on in the right place. You’ve done a great thing putting so much time and effort into this car and it’s awesome to see how far it’s come under your care.

[@johna8509]

I've been avoiding doing the same on a FWD 4-cylinder Volvo. Kudos for taking it on in a FWD V6.

[@FCHammerTime]

I find with the Ryobi ratchet that the smaller, lighter battery (1.5ah) makes it much easier to use particularly when you're trying to get into some awkward space or hold it above your head. Means you revert back to the hand tools less often.

[@johnalees99]

That's a big job for your first timing belt. You did well. My first was when I blew a water pump on a Friday night. Grabbed the pump and belt kit Saturday morning from work, had it all apart that afternoon, and back together Sunday afternoon, so I could get to work Monday morning. I didn't worry about doing the cam seals either. Looks like a right angle impact wrench would be a good investment for getting those cam pulleys off though.

[@leighhaberl981]

great job. sometimes the valve stem seals leak and the engines puff a bit of smoke on start up, bit ive owned 7 of them and never had any dramas, I did a 380 swap as well which was a straight forward job on a TH Sports ( 4 speed auto). 10 thousand k servicing is a must.

[@dellmeano]

I admire your confidence to try the job!

[@kierenalvarez]

My 1 cent... This is the easiest modern layout "big engine fwd" to work on. Give it more time, you dived into one of the hardest jobs to do on it right off the bat. You have done ok considering and had the balls to show us what when wrong! Cudos to you mate!! Loosen the bolts on the cams before you crack the crank, use the old belt to hold the engine still with a breaker braced on the crank timing/ main bolt. Impacts crack them easy then. I have done heaps of these and that what I do. Hope that helps someone!

[@alecpastega2920]

I don’t have worlds for how happy I am that you didn’t sell the AU, grandmas au was off the road for about 11 years and I inherited it with a fair front end smash which is why it was de regoed and sat in a shed for all that time. Your videos gave me the confidence as a young car enthusiasts to commit to fixing it myself and doing it properly. I’ve never been happier with a car. Every time I drive that thing I say it is such a win of a car, coming from a daily driven pretty clapped SX territory ghia that I still like to drive. Although the Falcon Forte is about to roll over to 100000 seeing yours just shy of 300000 going strong makes me feel pretty good that she’ll be around for a while, I am more of a stock ford guy myself but I can appreciate spicing up a silver turd, making some good bogan content from it too. There isn’t enough no BS aussie auto content creators around, keep it up mate, your bloody brilliant. Keen to see more of the Fairmont Ghia, and as you where talking after the Magna got painted a possible respray for her as well, both of ours are the same colour but my paint has only really seen a few years of sun and other than the scrapes on the fence post on the plastic bumpers she’s dead straight and looks like a mirror no fade and no bog, done the claybar and turtle wax every 3weeks so hopefully I’ll get my moneys worth out of the paint but I’d like to see how a well painted liquid silver au comes up. As I said, keep up the no bs content, it is a big winner mate.

[@martindaw2744]

Good Job, Timing chain/belts can be scary, buts as long as you take you time and make sure you keep the enige in time it's a simple enough job. Good work.

[@f4lcon-life487]

hahah 5:10 I love the n64 goldeneye menu music, makes the work seem even more intense lol

[@HuqBhai2246]

Massive job. Sean's officially an unofficial mechanic now...

[@stephanburgess654]

Sean so good to see the Magna again. If you do sell this car in the future the new owner is going to have one great car. Well done and thank you for the work done on this beautiful car.

[@theanythingchannel2239]

Don't be afraid to jack the engine up or down to remove stuff E.G alternator

[@simonlyons6866]

All my cam seals were leaking when l had mine done. The mechanic also said the tensioner fell apart as he was removing it, so l was lucky l got it done when l did. I get it done every 100000ks now and I tell them to replace everything down there regardless of leaking or not. The knocking noise is normal after first startup and driving around. I took it back the first time thinking something has gone horribly wrong.

[@Alerrecks]

Sean, you have done a fantastic job. I hope, someday, to tear down and rebuild my Diamante as well as you did. This video will be a great help when that day hopefully comes. Enjoy it!! Shes a beautiful car.

[@joshm6900]

Loved the video. It is comforting seeing you be honest about the struggles and not liking doing the timing belt. Good to see the car back on the road!

[@branko8460]

My father's 380 had it's timing tensioner fail, we weren't aware of what happened until it was taken to a mechanic. Not only did it rattle for months but it turned out that car had never had it's belt changed (despite having the receipt for it) and it was the original 2007 belt which had lasted until 2021 and 135,000km - these cars are much better built than anyone wants to admit. The tensioner itself had disintegrated but the belt had kept it all together for 35km drive to the workshop.

[@mvnorsel6354]

My 380 is a gem, a great country car.😅

[@MichaelReynolds-s5o]

Good job mate, I'm proud of you for tackling such a job!

[@michaelhart5886]

Its not that difficult a job BUT im a mechanic. Years ago i used to enjoy doing these but then I'm weird like that. 😂 next time leave the belt on and crack the camshaft sprocket bolts before pulling anything apart. Great work son..🤘

[@MotoringBoxTV]

I heard about that technique after the belt was off! 😔

[@commodorenut]

And you don’t want there to be a next time either!

[@dennismiller2385]

such a great channel. real guy, real job, only missing the real cussing.

[@liddz434]

Absolute Herculean effort there mate, well done!🫡

[@GavwasInn]

Kudos to you for tackling this yourself. Whoever decided east-west V6's were a good idea should be locked up.

[@PaulinesPastimes]

Well done. Having done similar things myself, I really felt for you. I think this is the sort of job you do once and never want to do it again. 😊It's so hard when you are flying by the seat of your pants. You've got something to bore your friends with over dinner now. 😄 Fortunately it's a fab car.

[@reeceg6058]

Loving the Gran Turismo background tunes Well done tackling this- not an easy job by any means.

[@nickf6062]

Good work, glad you took your time with it and actually did it. They scare me too.

[@realjohnboxall]

What a great video, thank you for taking the effort. Also love to see a video where I recognise the streets.

[@lungers8771]

Really appreciate the honesty about everything Sean, refreshing to see people being honest about themselves taking long periods of time to finish jobs or breaking things along the way. It's a nice reminder that it happens to us all. I've got an MK Triton with the 3.0 6G72 and I've been putting off doing this job and rocker cover gaskets myself, so thanks for sharing what type of job I am in for. Good stuff love ya work!

[@Hotpack7279]

41:20 .. i love your Humor. "Especially on *COLD* Wintermornings" . 10° is something we went Shopping in a T-Shirt.

[@TomBudin]

the 007 music really creates the intensity lol

[@carbonseals]

Sean you did your best with the tools you had so good on you for giving it a go. However after seeing your frustration with breaking a part, the water pump bolt didn’t wanna do its job, the amount of crap you have to remove to do the job and not having the right tools its sometimes better to have the pros do it. As you know it’s important to do this particular job and you have to get it right the first time, as this is an interference engine. I’m about to have mine done, I purchased the kit and I’ll remove most of the external parts to allow the mechanic to get onto the more critical components and save a few bucks, my Pajero is the 6G75. I, like you, enjoy being able to say I did it myself but with some jobs its ok to let a mechanic do certain things, he has the training, the right tools like the SST, and he’ll be the one to knock the job over in a few hours while you’re doing the more important things to you, and everything would have been replaced. Top little video of your work!!!

[@ArchimedeanEye]

Well done! It's a bit of a process but still easier than a lot of euro shizboxes

[@Djr67]

I done my KL Verada belt and water pump 18 months ago, I've done this job a few times now, gets easier every time you do it. BTW I have never replaced the crank seal and the cam seals only once. Yes it's true if it's not broken don't fix it.

[@stevemcintyre4398]

Mate, as much as it was sometimes a pain, you learnt from it and the satisfaction of doing the job properly in the end is evident. Heaven forbid if you had to do it again you'd know the traps to avoid and do it easier. Interesting thought though, imagine grafting a later model 4wd driveline to your Ralliart Magna. That would be cool...

[@mijgreco3914]

I did a timing belt and water pump on the Hyundai V6, very similar approach. Except I put a little crease in the water pump gasket so had to do it 2 times lol. Tip: Fill with coolant before reassembling absolutely everything. 😢😂

[@wobblysauce]

Nothing like giving it a birthday freshen-up. You know it is good when you hear boss music. RTV or grease is good for paper gaskets and you can serve without ripping the old one. RTV likes to snug up and wait a while then tighten for a good seal, you can still clean off the RTV leaving a clean look. 21:31, just like any exotic... 35:28 It is set right, and the eccentric pully adjusts for variance/wear in the belt. 38:17 is when you get that little taptaptaptap, of the other people you are with messing with you. The joys of a noninterference engine, drive till it stops fix it and go again.

[@davidcao5423]

Love the N64 007 Golden Eye inspired music. What a pain of a job, well done mate. You deserve every molecule of dopamine you got of out this nightmare of a job.

[@CannedBeats]

Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love. Nice unexpected choice of intro music 😁

[@UpgradeAddiction]

Awesome job mate! I appreciated the Golden Eye music tracks aswell... 😂

[@PajEvo_Aus]

Great work mate. Pro tip for next time - undo the cam pulley bolts before you take the belt off 😅

[@azcarter4389]

People always said that these Magna's were a pain to work on. I'd of towed it to a mechanic when you broke the cam sprocket. You're so right that KZbinrs often make things look too easy. They've usually got lifts and every tool you'd ever need. Doing it at home in a garage is a different story. I watch Alex from Legit Street Cars and he often says do this at home don't pay a mechanic. A lot of the time I'm like it'll be cheaper for me to get that done by the mechanic as it requires a $200 tool I don't have to do it right.

[@Low760]

What is he working on though?

[@azcarter4389]

@@Low760 I think the last time he said that he was working on a Dodge Demon.

[@CamboFord]

And I think I have hardly any room to get the plugs out of my 74 hardtop 351. Bought a century battery the other day for it. Keep up the great work.

[@andrewguy1249]

Great work and beyond my patience nowadays

[@Devastator0]

Great work Sean and full credit to you for persevering and getting the job done!!! I know it was an absolute ballache with the breaking of stuff but it's so good now and I couldn't be happier for you. Now you can just properly enjoy the car!! Keep up the great work mate, love all your vids!! P.S. The GoldenEye N64 music at the start got me good haha.

[@mvnorsel6354]

Did the belt water pump & plugs on my 380. A huge job for me. The stress of the 1st start. Priceless.😅

[@mickman3582]

Oh love the n64 goldeneye music😂 now that takes me back to being 19😂😂

[@MrButtonpresser]

Good work sir! I've successfully changed a head gasket in the drive way, but never attempted a timing belt. Excellent close-quarters filming. Old mate blue will give you at least .005 kW extra.

[@troycreely9344]

Awesome job on the Magna, i wouldn't attempt it myself welldone.

[@murry001]

Love the Ralliart Magna, you just don't see them at all. Really cool car

[@blakamin]

Thanks for your hard work! I'm about to do the timing belt AND the head gaskets in my 2000 Pajero. And this has helped enormously (I really don't want to but have no choice). Cheers

[@SommerAdric]

Next time you do any cooling system gasket repairs, try using some Aviation cement on the gasket surfaces. 😊

[@tonytomassoni1973]

Great job loved the content thats a huge job changing a cam belt well done.

[@damienwilloughby]

It's good to have a long video buddy 😎

[@vincekara9446]

Great work. Not for the faint hearted. If a person with little experience didn't line up the cam position correctly (or had no idea that it was required) the result would have been catastrophic.

[@lewyrawlinson6809]

Love the Magna 👍

[@RedrooAU]

When you do an oil filter and a starter motor on your territory please post to site…cannot seem to get to my filter on my territory to change it too much in the way underneath:

[@Catherozero07]

Great job doing all that work on the Magna! These videos help motivate everyone to get under their cars and keep wrenching to achieve results! I am very excited to see more of your videos mate.

[@TooOldToCare-kl3co]

My wife had a Mitsubishi 380, was shocked when my mechanic charged me nearly a grand for this, he not only changed the timing belt, but water pump, and various other things, after watching you, I think he under charged me, RIP Steve .

[@jarlnieminen4307]

After reading just the first part I was going to say absolute bargain.

[@UncleIansGarage]

Awesome lighting and camera angles to show clear details. I've been delaying doing the belt etc on my Fiesta ST but you've given me some inspo to just go and do it before the interference engine beats me to it.

[@commodorenut]

His production skills were already very good, but this is just next level again. It’s like he’s a pro now 👍 But the best part is that he’s modest and still firmly grounded in the DIY car world with the rest of us.

[@1xARM]

I've done this job twice and both times I didn't enjoy it haha. But, I just go slow and make sure everything is clean before I start. Going slow on a job like this is default when you've only got one arm though.

[@Sipheren]

Love the N64 Goldeneye music :)

[@john_barnett]

I love your videos, how you got a radiator pressure testing kit but not a set of picks for o-rings? You can get SCA ones or Toledo if you're feeling fancy

[@MotoringBoxTV]

The amount of niche tools you can get never ends 😞

[@commodorenut]

He who dies with the most tools wins 😂. I have the supercheap picks. It’s a good kit. And I work in an industry where I’m always using them (or showing others how to use them).

[@john_barnett]

@@commodorenut I used the straight pick to remove a splinter today 😄

[@commodorenut]

@@john_barnett they do come in handy for many other vehicle related tasks, but that’s the first I’ve heard of them being a surgical instrument! 😂 Mind you, they do inflict a bit of unplanned surgery on occasion…🤬

[@benbowles1014]

Well done, mate. Congratulations..👏👏

[@ue_sydney]

Beautiful car mate! Love the colour. I’ve got a 99 Magna Altera LS. Going in for the timing belt this week!

[@ProjectCarHaven]

Great work as usual! I think the time we learn the most is when we make mistakes. It can cause downtime, but understanding how you got into a situation leads to figuring out a better way to do it next time. This knowledge grows over time. I still make mistakes on cars too, but not as many as when I was in my 20's. As always, looking forward to the next one!

[@andrewrose9707]

Great effort - It takes balls to tackle a job like that. All the money you save by doing it yourself can be deducted from the cost of the paint job 🙂Hope it serves you well for a long time and you get much enjoyment cruising in the Magna

[@shellez101]

Great vid Sean , I was told to change the harmonic balancer bolt at the same time , mine came with the Gates kit , just a suggestion cheers mate.

[@johnperry7534]

great work mate, probably better than most would do it and more careful, car is running so it worked, great job.

[@robertocampos9517]

NICE JOB......IM DOING THE SAME MY MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE 2004.

[@jamesharris2788]

Grouse video. Looks like a lot of work in it. I’m about to do a timing belt on my AWD Verada at 98,000km. Might go to my mechanic… Love your channel.

[@vlockley]

Another great video. Put a century battery in my girlfriends car because of your channel.

[@stevenloynds3691]

Great video...I had a laugh the music and the way the footage was filmed felt like I was playing Doom on pc 😂...good on you mate I wish I had KZbin back in the day not being much of a reader so never had a crack fixing my cars and today it's frustrating knowing the gems I had and let go if I had KZbin I may of had a go

[@LifeSized101]

I can't watch . Mines due in5000km ahhh ! Makers Mark in my pespi max for this one.

[@Ackdaddy100]

Another great video ! Also let me know if you need tyres my old man is a wholesale tyre importer at Carole Park!

[@81raylor]

Really enjoy your videos, great work looking forward to seeing more on the xr6t also 🤙🤙

[@Bort74]

I'll add my congrats to all the others here for tackling that. After seeing the misery of working with a transverse V6, I'll withdraw my suggestion of picking up a TRD Aurion for the next Aussie car buy.

[@scrubasdetailing]

Well done mate. The job you were dreading is done. Hurdles along the way yes but you did it 🍺

[@pablostark1665]

I'm lovin the Chinese safety boots.

[@richardferretti8208]

Enjoyed the vid. Definitely does not make me miss my car tinkering days 😂

[@gdawwg1125]

you can always get back into it

[@Tailz94]

Great video and well done on the timing belt Sean! Watching this has given me that extra bit of confidence to undertake doing the 120K timing kit work on my Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo’s VG30DETT! Thanks again for the continued awesome content matey 🍻😎

[@mr_dr1fta119]

i am thinking about doing mine, which it would be my first timing belt.

[@jamesmcgowen1769]

Good job Sean! If it were mine, I’d just book it in at my mechanic!

[@MotoringBoxTV]

Smart move.

[@AJ-Lawn]

Well done mate