drzais

I'm in the middle of replacing the timing and balance shaft belts in a 1987 924s and have hit a snag. I can get three of the sprockets lined up with the timing marks (cylinder 1 at tdc, balance sprockets) but not the camshaft sprocket. The mark to line it up with on the rear distributor housing broke off as can be seen in the picture. What should I do? Will I just have to buy a new housing? If so, where can I find one? Thanks in advance.

joecitizennn

How in the world did that happen? Do you still have the old peice? If you do then you could line it up accordingly.

joecitizennn

Here is what you need to do if you cant find the broken peice. Measure exactally 2 inches from the bottom of the INSIDE ridge up. That is how far the timing mark is. Use a center punch to make the mark. See picture. Note, the cheapo calipers I used were off by 1/32 of an inch. Disregard that as they measure 1/32 closed. The distance on the cam assy pictured was 2". Make sure you are measuring the INSIDE RIDGE and not the outside!