[V8] Timing Belt Saga 2

[Kneale Brownson]

I'm trying to get ready to install the cam locking tools.  I presume I need
to be at TDC with cylinder #1 before I do that????  I have all the tools
from that Zelenda "sale" several years ago.

Incidentally, I've been having email server problems since yesterday
afternoon and just at noon today got mail service back.  I see from the V8
archives that Dave Head  said I could check whether I'm at the right timing
point by taking off a valve cover and verifying that dots on the pulleys
are facing eachother.  Does this require a new gasket for the valve cover?

At 10:30 AM 9/7/2005 -0600, dsaad at icehouse.net wrote:
>There is a timing mark on the distributor - BUT -
>what are you trying to do?
>
>If you are trying to hold the cams for t-belt replacement, you need to
hold the
>cams on both heads in position while you install the belt. Some have done it
>without the cam locks, but why? they weren't that expensive and make life
soooo
>much easier. With the bumper off you can probably get by with out all the
other
>tools, so splurge and get the cam locks. My reasoning was that with the 
>tools, I
>could afford to have a water pump fail - and it did. I bought most of the
tools
>called out in the manual, and figure they have paid for themselves already.
>I had to go back into the t-belt for a failed water pump and for a failed oil
>pump drive bearing.
>
>Dave
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>Quoting Kneale Brownson <kneale at coslink.net>:
>
>> How do I determine TDC on the V8?  I've got my wood dowel in Cylinder #1 at
>> its highest point, but how do I determine whether I'm on the compression
>> stroke or on the exhaust stroke?  I don't see any bellhousing window to
>> check for a flywheel mark.
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