Re: Turning motor to TDC

["Greg Woodard" <gwoodard@ndsuext.nodak.edu>]

> Date:          Wed, 21 May 1997 20:40:20 GMT
> From:          quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)
> Reply-to:      phil@sievers.com
> To:            quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject:       Turning motor to TDC

> In message <199705211825.OAA00155@ns.tamsconsultants.com> afinney@tamsconsultants.com writes:
> > What's the fastest and easiest way to get the I5 motor to
> > TDC. Should I keep quick-cranking w/ the starter or use a
> > breaker bar on the pulley bolt w/ the plugs removed?  Any
> > thoughts appreciated.
> 
I was going to stay out of this, but.  I have changed several timing 
belts, and  so long as the engine was in time to begin with.  I have 
never worried about finding top dead center.  Here is what I do.  And 
I am sure that I will get blasted.  But then I changed my sons belt 
last night on his 1.8 and it took 1 hour from opening the tool box, 
until he started it up and backed out of the drive way.  I just go 
ahead and take everything off to get down to the belt.  Then I use 
liquid paper and put a spot on the crank, intermediate and cam gears 
as well as spots on the belt itself.  Remove the old belt, try not to 
let things move around too much.  Duplicate the dots on the new belt 
(count the teeth).  Put the new belt on making sure the dots on the 
belt line up with the dots on the gears.  Adjust tension, put it all 
together and drive away.  I've done this several time on a variety of 
cars and have never had a problem.

Greg