Hyundai Manuals and Timing Belt Change

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

 

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.

 

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

 

Unfortunately, it does like IE much better. I use Mozilla myself - except
when I go to the Hyundai site.

 

I suspected as much. I'm trying IE right now.

Matt

 

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.

 

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!

 

Outstanding Brian! I didn't know about that.

 

Yes, I relented and fired up IE last night and the site worked a lot
better. I agree about the site designer.

Matt

 

Since Netscape 7.2 is Mozilla based, will this extension work also with
Netscape 7.2?


Matt

 

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.

 

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