Location of 2.7L crankshaft locating hole? (for timing beltreplacement)

[Cody Forbes]

Yeah, thats right ;-). Under the engine mount theres a 13mm headed nut that 
hold a bracket for... the horn I think. Remove that braket then snake your 
arm up in there to remove the 10mm headed bolt that holds the black plastic 
cap. The o-ring will likely stick in the hole and not come with the cap so 
before you remove your arm from the tricky location be sure to fell for the 
o-ring and remove it also. The locking pin fits easier with the o-ring 
removed from the hole.

I've done about a half dozen of these in the last few months (and dozens of 
non-turbo's which are mostly the same). Feel free to e-mail me of you have 
any more questions ;-)

HTH,
-Cody Forbes
http://www.5000tq.com
'87 5ktq - Fast.
'87 5ktq QLCC'd plus some
'86 5ktqCD
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jwaterstreet at tds.net wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone happen to know where the crankshaft locating hole is on
> the 2.7L?  I'm replacing the timing belt on my 2001 A6Q, have rented
> the proper tools per Bentley, and of course the Bentley is worthless
> as the picture doesn't show anything like my engine.  It describes
> removing the cover and screwing in the tool to accurate locate TDC.
> I see a black plastic cover about halfway back on the drivers side of
> the block, but it will be a royal PITA to get to with all of the
> other stuff in the way.
>
> TIA
>
> Jeff
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