Too rich 5kcstq after reassembly

[Huw Powell]

> I set the timing by putting a long socket extension in #1 cylinder
> and making sure it matched TDC as indicated by the balancer.

The balancer is not a good guide, it can shift over time.

> I set the timing belt sprocket mark to match the edge of the valve
> cover as it says in Bentley. I got the distributor housing aligned
> with the rotor mark while the timing belt sprocket was still lined
> up.  I can see the "0" lined up on the flywheel.

So you're ok there anyway.

> So, when I put the cam back in yesterday, should I have mated the 
> distributer gear teeth to it in a specific way?  I couldn't tell if 
> there was a preferred way of mating the cam gear and the distributer
> gear

Although there may be one, it sort of doesn't matter.  I actually
re-aligned the one in my couep so the metal locking clips would be
easier to get to.  All that happens is that the housing has to be
rotated to line up with the gear/shaft/rotor position.

-- 
Huw Powell

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