Goodyear Gatorback Timing belt

Well I have been really curious if there is an available timing belt
for the 420a in a Gatorback form. The Goodyear site lists only one
timing belt (#40246) under eclipses yet specifies different #s for
Alt. & PS/AC for the Turbos and N/Ts. Made me wonder if 4g and 420a
used the same timing belt or Goodyear chose to make only one and did
not care to specify.

I started comparing #s on NAPA and Autozone to see what they gave for
numbers, and found out that NAPA did not have any timing belts listed
on their site, however Autozone has the 40246 as the timing belt # for
the 4g and 420a. Interesting. Either that or Autozone's tech staff
entered in wrong info.

Anyone have any insite to this? My last resort is to call Bob Kise @Fenton, MI, and ask him to list the Part #s for the timing belts of the 420a and 4g63.

EDIT: I loaded up CAPS (forgot about that resource) and plugged in my VIN and searched for the timing belt part number. OE # is M04667611 for my car. Now I have not mastered using CAPS, is there a way to get vehicle info without entering a VIN? I do not know how... anyway I searched another forum and found someone who posted the VIN of their GST. Bingo. OE # is MD182291 with MD326059 listed under it. Superceding part number? If anyone is familiar with CAPS holla at me. I want to learn how to use the damn thing.

Either way it seems that the timing belt # is different for the engines.

Anyone have a Gatorback timing belt? What part number do you have and what engine you runnin? Thanks in advance,...

I'd hate to see this go unanswered, but I don't know exactly what the deal is with the part numbers. You could always buy the one you think is right locally, and return it if it doesn't fit. (or buy both part numbers, and return the one that doesn't fit)

I don't use CAPS, so can't help you there.. but my DSM manual on CD should arrive in a few weeks :) And I have access to the Mitchell system as well. Good luck

I talked with someone that has done t-belt jobs on both 420a's and 4g63's and he said that the 4g belt is a bit longer, but also about 25 bucks cheaper (weird). I have also found a quite a few 420a guys with gatorback t-belts on so it leads me to believe that Goodyear makes one for the 420a only. When I get a reply from Goodyear I will post it so you guys can read it as well.

CODE4, i like the rims you got on your eclipse.

BREAKING NEWS!!! The belt #40246 is for 420a's and better yet Goodyear sells the kit #GTK0246 which is the belt and the tensioner and idler pulley. No tensioner bracket, tensioner or water pump. I did not get the price for the kit, but I am sure it will be a viable solution for T-belt jobs.

The box says for 95-99 eclipses (non-turbo), avenger, sebring etc and other 420a powered cars. Now I feel better that I found this out. ahhh...

87Porsche951: thanks for the compliment =]

Would there be advantages to using a gatorback as opposed to oem belts.

Doesn't the gatorback have a lifetime warranty?

CODE4, what percent tints are those

I think it is personal preference which belt you want, even if the gatorback has a lifetime warranty I will still change it every 60K. I have just heard VERY good things regarding them, and that is why I was being so persistent finding out if it would fit for my car.

CODE4, what percent tints are those

Not sure, it is pretty dark though, I would say in the range of 15%-10% I believe. It was on there when I bought the car. I am going to have it redone before summer as there are some tiny bubbles in the rear hatch, and also the tint itself is cheap qualtiy (when looking through the tint at night the headlights are blurry and distorted slighty).

I got those same foglights on my car.

the reply from goodyear for those that care-

Dave-

Thank you for thinking of Goodyear for your timing belt needs! We did not
have the timing belt labeled, but now we do. The 40246 will fit an Eclipse
non-Turbo, and a 40167 will fit an Eclipse Turbo.

I hope this helps!
Jennifer Redding
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

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