[V8] Timing Belt Saga 3

[Kneale Brownson]

Here's a good one:  Following David's recommendation, I removed the
passenger valve cover and discovered that the marks on the timing chain
gears are not at 3-9 o'clock.  Instead they're at more like 4-10  o'clock.
So I removed the driver side cover, where I'd already managed to install
the cam retaining fixture, and the gears are at 3-9.  So this car, which
started and ran fine for the 3-5K miles I've put on it so far,  had its
last timing belt installed with the timing gears not aligned on one side.

How do I address this?  The passenger side cam pulley won't move enough to
align the marks properly.

At 03:21 PM 10/2/2005 -0400, Dave Head wrote:
>Stop!
>1. Make absolutely certain you are at TDC on the right stroke! Verify by 
>removing a valve cover and checking the marks on the chain pulleys - 
>they will be pointing at each other.
>2. If you overtorque the cam lock you can break the bearing cap!
>
>Kneale Brownson wrote:
>
>>Anyway, today I got the belt off the cam pulleys as described in the manual
>>and installed the driver side cam holder with the usual bit of trouble
>>everything I do seems to involve.  The passenger side cam fixture doesn't
>>want to go on.   I've tried to use a wrench on the cam pulley bolt as
>>suggested in the manual to move the cam back and forth, but I reach a
>>spring-loaded resistance just before I get the slot visible in the
>>distributor base  (using a mirror)  aligned the way it should be for the
>>fixture to slide in.  Would it be correct to keep pressuring against that
>>spring resistance enough to get the fixture to go into place?    Seems to
>>me I'm applying quite a bit of torque with the wrench.  Must be in the
>>40-50 pound range.
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