Hi there. If I read correctly the Rover engine manual, I need to change my belt on my VHPD two very useful tools ie the camshaft blockage (ref 18G1570) and the crankshaft blocage (18G1571 ?) - OK last time on an K engine we went for wood blocks, not the easiest way. So my question is : can you buy those tools somewhere (Facom… or through some specialists ?) ? Thanks for your help.
Most factors have the cam locking tool in stock or can source them, or Snap on dealers, they are the same as any Rover K series. Don’t bother with the crankshaft one, I could never get it to work. There is a gap just by the right hand drive shaft inner joint, that you can lock the ring gear with. The handiest thing that they don’t mention is a shortened 22mm socket for the crank pulley, this allows you to use a 1/2 inch drive breaker bar to release and a torque wrench to tighten it back up.
These locking tools which bolt in place of the starter come in very handy too:-