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Nope, having the cambelt done and the dephaser dying are two completely unrelated things. They just don't last forever unfortunately and its timed it badly.
Yeh its a stealer job unfortunately.
UCH = Universal control harness, basically a computer/plc that controls all the auxillary electrics. When they f**k up they do very strange things.
Don't know if they'll be of any benefit to you but i've got some pics here from when I did mine, just an idea of what needs to be removed and how much room you're working with. Its a constant procedure of jacking the engine up and down to get access to various nuts and bolts, cranked and ratchet...
Yes leave the pulley nuts well alone, you want the crank locking pin, the cam locking bar and the aux belt tensioner tool. Laser all make decent (enough) versions of these and all 3 will cost you circa 60 sheets (or did).
Parts wise you want a full cambelt kit with idlers and tensioner, full...
Its not otherwise the low oil pressure light would come on, its the brake fluid level normally because as it moves to one side of the res during cornering it uncovers the float in the cap.