Timing Belt FUBAR
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Timing Belt FUBAR
All the belts and the water pump were replaced by the PO in 2004 by AZtech performance in Gilbert AZ. The car has been driven for less than 2k miles and then parked for 8+ years before I got my hands on it and began to fix it up.
Since I was given the receipts for everything the PO had done on it, I took it for granted that it was OK. Today, when I decided to take the air pump out of the equation and install the 21" belt, just for the sake of it, I cranked the engine to the 0 mark and checked the camshaft gear through the peep holes in the covers.
To my surprise, the timing marks were not to be seen. I have removed the passenger side cover and found that the timing mark is on the bottom, 180 degrees from where it should be....
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Since I was given the receipts for everything the PO had done on it, I took it for granted that it was OK. Today, when I decided to take the air pump out of the equation and install the 21" belt, just for the sake of it, I cranked the engine to the 0 mark and checked the camshaft gear through the peep holes in the covers.
To my surprise, the timing marks were not to be seen. I have removed the passenger side cover and found that the timing mark is on the bottom, 180 degrees from where it should be....
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Check if it is really at TDC. Is the distributor arm pointing towards spark plug number one?
You may have to crank one more round since the TDC mark (OT=Oben Top) passes by every 180degr.
You may have to crank one more round since the TDC mark (OT=Oben Top) passes by every 180degr.
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The belt appears to be riding the front lip of the passenger cam gear? Im guessing there is a fault somewhere, is this a common failure at the tensioner or water pump pulley? or even oil pump pulley? My 86.5 is exactly the same