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[mahinman]

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Hi all

just joined the forum today, i bought a mahindra last week, and absoloutely love it, it was 1990 model (india brave). but i need help i changed the timing belt today and now it wont start. help please!!!!!. it is the model with the 2.1 peugeot diesel engine

[olds88]

sorry but 99% of us on this forum dont have a mahindra truck

[mahinman]

how come yous are all on the forum, are they really hard to come bye in the US?? not sure how many their are in Ireland about 3 i think but then again it is Ireland. their is a lot of them imported into England, thats where i got mine from. My one is the very original one which was modelled off the WW2 Willys jeep. My neighbour has an actually Willys, but it needs to be restored. Cant wait till he has it finished!!!!

[Andy]

We currently don't have any The truck was supposed to be in the States by now, but Mahindra keeps failing to hold up their end of the deal. We are all just waiting for them

[mahinman]

that really sucks, the one i have is 20 years old but runs really good, only 35000miles on it. I cant say what the new ones are like but mine is great i love it. have yous put much taught into shipping some 2nd hand ones yourselves?

[olds88]

cost way to much

[howam00]

costs too much and isn't legal until at least 25 years have past. That allows emission's requirements and safety requirements to fall by the wayside.

[clubgitmo]

Ill take a stab and say timing is off. Set cylinder 1 to TDC and check timing mark.

[mahinman]

ya you were right, the crank was out by one tooth, my inexperience let me down, i put on the new belt checked my timing marks and were all ok. Then i released the tensioner and put the jeep back together. im pretty sure when the tensioner tighened the belt it pulled the crank around slightly luckily their was a small bit of the mark left on the sprocket when i marked them . but its running great now, sweet as a nut, tight as a not, sound as a drum, ticking over like a mouses heart.

[Andy]

Glad you got it figured out! Would you be willing to post some pictures of your truck?