Timing reference sensor

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> Does anyone know when the pin on the flywheel is in
> the "window", i.e. in front of the timing reference
> sensor?  I was so happy that my $0 home made holding
> fixture was working so well that I mistakenly removed
> the flywheel without marking its position in relation
> to the crank.  If I know where the pin on the flywheel
> is, say in the window at TDC or 8* BTDC, then it will
> be easy to reinstall.  Subject is an MC-2 as found in
> an 89 200q.

Heh, heh.

GOTCHA!!!

Those wonderfully regularly spaced bolt holes are nothing of the kind,
though it's hard to spot from a glance.  In fact, the I5 flywheel
will only bolt to the crank in one orientation.  You have to place the
flywheel on the crank and spin it until _ALL_ the holes line up.

I find it helps immensely to have the engine vertical - I use a Black
and Decker Workmate with the jaws opened so the front of the crank
and the oil pump locating pegs are held firm enough to stop minor
rotational forces.  I then use a BFS between the flywheel gear and
one of the locating spigots (handle held under my arm) and a torque
wrench in the other to do the flywheel bolts up.

Flywheel bolts fall into the 'powder coated' category we were
discussing earlier - they must be replaced with new every time the
flywheel is remounted.

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 Phil Payne
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