Timing Belt tension adjustment
02-22-2006, 04:25 PM
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Can you get a pipe or such like on the end of the wrench to use as leverage?
Anti-clockwise to loosen so be careful not to hit the rad but get under the car and give 'er!
Anti-clockwise to loosen so be careful not to hit the rad but get under the car and give 'er!
I got the locking nut off and the timing belt adjusted!
02-22-2006, 06:44 PM
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Oh good.
The PS pump bracket is held by three lock down bolts. Two of these bolts are easy to spot. Look under the slider that has the two main lock down bolts, towards the pump and you will see a 3rd bolt. It's almost completely hidden from view. You need to loosen all 3 as well as the adjustment bolt.
The PS pump bracket is held by three lock down bolts. Two of these bolts are easy to spot. Look under the slider that has the two main lock down bolts, towards the pump and you will see a 3rd bolt. It's almost completely hidden from view. You need to loosen all 3 as well as the adjustment bolt.
02-22-2006, 07:33 PM
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Like I said - look under the bracket that holds the two you already found, over towards the pump and down in the shadows. I'll mark up your photo in a minute.
02-23-2006, 03:25 AM
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Thanks alot Bill and everyone else's input, I got the car back together and took her out for a spin. Battery had died so I jump started the car, it sounded like it was having a hard time staying alive, RPM bouncing around 300.
The car ran great and half way through my test run it started to idle perfectly (was idling high at 1000 previously), suddenly it started acting like it was about to die around 300 RPM again. I took her home and stopped in the driveway and let her idle a bit, no dice. I pulled her in the garage and figured I would conclude this thread and start her again tomorrow after some much needed sleep.
I have also learned that this kid knows more than me:
The car ran great and half way through my test run it started to idle perfectly (was idling high at 1000 previously), suddenly it started acting like it was about to die around 300 RPM again. I took her home and stopped in the driveway and let her idle a bit, no dice. I pulled her in the garage and figured I would conclude this thread and start her again tomorrow after some much needed sleep.
I have also learned that this kid knows more than me:
02-23-2006, 05:50 AM
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Yeah, sleep on it. The idle is controlled by the LH brain in conjunction with the idle stabilizer.
Just how did you do the jump start? This is not the best idea. Better to just charge the battery. If you used another car and revved its engine while jump starting, you might have messed up the LH brain.
Just how did you do the jump start? This is not the best idea. Better to just charge the battery. If you used another car and revved its engine while jump starting, you might have messed up the LH brain.
02-23-2006, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill Ball
Yeah, sleep on it. The idle is controlled by the LH brain in conjunction with the idle stabilizer.
Just how did you do the jump start? This is not the best idea. Better to just charge the battery. If you used another car and revved its engine while jump starting, you might have messed up the LH brain.
Just how did you do the jump start? This is not the best idea. Better to just charge the battery. If you used another car and revved its engine while jump starting, you might have messed up the LH brain.
Unfortuneately both of our battery chargers were stolen along with $30,000 worth of tools and property a few months ago
02-23-2006, 02:48 PM
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Unfasten the battery ground for 30 seconds. Reconnect. This will reset the LH. It will go through some adaptation on restart and may not run perfectly for a minute or two. See if that corrects the idle. Nothing you did during the TB and PS retension should affect idle. Was it doing this before?
