mustracetsi
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- Apr 14, 2012
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bergen county,
New_Jersey
On my last post I posted that my water pump crapped out on me. Note motor still in car. Get everything out. When it came to loosen the timing belt via tension, I notice the cam gear closest to the headlight moved slightly counter clockwise. I put new water pump put the tensioner back on all in proper position from what I read on several treads and pic I saw. I put timing belt from bottom up.
When I got to the cams I moved the cam gear that slightly moved counter clockwise to its position and slipped the belt on. Then released the pin on auto tension made sure belt is tight. Rotated motor to see if it lines back up and that same cam still looks the same rotated the motor couple more times cause read it helps adjust the auto tension but still don't line up.
Need help I linking pic so you can see. Only cam I had move was the one that had moved.
1. Do I have to remove the tensioner pulley and the auto one or just the auto one and compress it again and put pin in?
2. Do I move the same cam to line up and retry it or the other one closest to fire wall.
I don't want to go wrong, I can't afford motor or new head atm and it is my dd. I didn't have any type of problem rotating motor.
If I did I would of not even try turning it as I could damage a valve or worse.
Thanks in advance and a lot of credit goes out to you guys that do this all time weather is hobby or living. I can see why now shop price is so much. Tight space and time consuming.
When I got to the cams I moved the cam gear that slightly moved counter clockwise to its position and slipped the belt on. Then released the pin on auto tension made sure belt is tight. Rotated motor to see if it lines back up and that same cam still looks the same rotated the motor couple more times cause read it helps adjust the auto tension but still don't line up.
Need help I linking pic so you can see. Only cam I had move was the one that had moved.
1. Do I have to remove the tensioner pulley and the auto one or just the auto one and compress it again and put pin in?
2. Do I move the same cam to line up and retry it or the other one closest to fire wall.
I don't want to go wrong, I can't afford motor or new head atm and it is my dd. I didn't have any type of problem rotating motor.
If I did I would of not even try turning it as I could damage a valve or worse.
Thanks in advance and a lot of credit goes out to you guys that do this all time weather is hobby or living. I can see why now shop price is so much. Tight space and time consuming.
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