That’s basically what I did I lined up my cams inserted my cam lock then I inserted the timing belt into the intake cam teeth. Then I clip that down at the top with a binder clip. While the lock is still there I very lightly nudge the exhaust cam with a wrench to get the timing belt meshed in...

Yeah I’ve seen people grab the cam gears with wrenches to help with alignment, but I would never do that because remember that’s an area where if your off a single tooth your out of time. Yeah I can see an Allen wrench fitting in the tensioner pulley area that’ll work for sure if your hand can...

Yeah make sure you send it to someone who builds dsms not just an engine shop only because timing a 4g requires specialty tools and another shop may not use these and mess something up like tension on the belt itself. You can assemble it yourself if you get every torque spec and you tighten in...

Okay that relay you are pointing out is also known as the Mitsubishi mfi relay and yes that can cause issues but only related to no fuel issues so if you have fuel that thing still works. No spark seems to be our issue here but you say the cas works honestly it could be a bad power transistor...

Okay first I can tell you your battery is severely undercharged it should never crank that slowly and if you crank a discharged battery like that the heat from the resistance due to cold cranking on your starter can fry your solenoid. Not trying to sound like i know it all type guy trust me I...

Okay not using tools to time it is just giving yourself a headache buy a billet cam lock and also get that tensioner pulley tool or else you’ll have to find something else to tension it. With the tool posted above and a 1/4 ratchet with 1/4 sockets doing the tensioner pulley in car is easy...

Ah I see thanks for clarifying what cas you have. I know 1g dsms are obd1 so pulling a code from those is different than a 2g. I’ll try to help ya the best I can here but someone else can hopefully chime in on this. 1g dsms use a cas that actually gets timed so if I were you I would time your...

Your dsm is acting like mine was it just started displaying those symptoms one day and it only stopped after I replaced the cam crank sensors and timing stuff. Okay first put a scanner on your car and try to find a code with some dsms you gotta play with the port very gently and itll tell you...

Yeah it’s the little things really right. I’m still wondering though how can someone fix a bad mount for the tensioner arm? I’m only asking because I know in the future if I rebuild my motor that’s one detail I would like to get perfect.

Maybe what happened is when the timing belt was installed last whenever that may have been they accidentally put your oil sprocket on off because the way to truly line it up is by putting the mark at 12 o clock and letting it fall. If it falls counter clockwise to the mark your good if not spin...

The Arm and the mount? So how do you fix a bad mount? That’s insane every piece underneath that timing cover is seriously functional!

Yeah now when you say no start like does it at least crank and maybe your not getting any fuel/spark? Or does it not do anything? Just like dsmspick I replaced my starter I wanna say last month and I forgot to hook up a wire or something and it didn’t even crank. See I doubt a cruise control ecu...

Sorry if the title is a bit misleading but what I am wondering is how important it would be to replace and inspect the tensioner arm itself? I only ask you guys because I saw a guy on YouTube rebuilding his 4g and he said that if you slide your existing arm on and can feel side to side play or...

Like jerzm3 stated at this point it’s time to determine if you have balance shafts or if they have been removed. If you do happen to have balance shafts your in for a ride because then you have to recompress the auto tensioner inspect it at that point see if it looks okay and looks with an old...

It could not be idling correctly for a specific reason or few reasons or a combination of a few reasons. My dsm had a really weak idle when I first got it. I ended up replacing the power transistor ignition coil wires spark plugs and then my idle became a lot better although it’s still apparent...