[V8] Timing Belt Saga 2

[Korn, Bob]

New gasket not required, however, it is very easy to remove the dist
cap, locate the mark on the dist rim where the cap seats, point the
rotor at this mark, while making sure the crank mark is aligned and you
are ready to remove dist and slip in the cam holders.  If I remember
correctly the passenger side took some slight movement of the cam to get
it to slip in. 

Bob
90V8 157K Pearl 17 Avus -just received my parts from Audi Connection,
getting ready for timing belt number two.

-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 12:32 PM
To: dsaad at icehouse.net; v8 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [V8] Timing Belt Saga 2

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
>
>
>
>
>
>
>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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