84 4ksq Timing Belt Catastrophe...HELP!

[Robert Mangas]

Regarding the locking of the crank pully, someone on this list suggested 
using a generic 'spring bar' type of prybar.  I got my chinese unit for the 
princely sum of $3.99.  I little snaggletoothed after a couple uses but 
still serviceable...

>From: "Bernie Strub" <quattro at strubranch.com>
>To: <quattro at audifans.com>
>Subject: 84 4ksq Timing Belt Catastrophe...HELP!
>Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:27:39 -0800
>
>A friend's BTDT: Patient 84 4kq, many many miles.  Freeway speed, 1am.  
>Bolt
>falls from who knows where, fouls timing belt, snaps belt.  Car coasts to a
>stop.  Gets towed to nearest hotel, sleeps it off.  Go get timing belt, set
>timing marks correctly, fire it off and go home.  *Not* an interference
>engine, happily.
>
>BTW, I have done a number of timing belts, and oh the horror! I usually
>don't use any sort of crank locking device.  Craftsman 1/2" 450 ft-lb 
>impact
>almost always does the job.  Once, one was clearly overtorqued, we locked
>the crank with a homemade unit, and used a six foot cheater to crack the
>offender loose.
>
>Good luck!
>
> >>>>>Bernie
>
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