Re: timing belt

[Orin Eman <orin@wolfenet.com>]

> paul W said ..line up the mark on the lower pulley with the mark on the
> timing belt cover...this does _not_ always work!! on my 5kcdtq the mark on
> the lower pulley was so far off it pointed to the centre of the idler wheel
> bolt. i verified tdc with a brass rod in the sparkplug hole of #1, the "0"
> on the flywheel, and the dimple on the camshaft. once happy that all was
> well, i marked the lower pulley correctly.

If I found one that didn't match here, I'd take the harmonic balancer
off and check that the key hasn't broken off the timing belt cog.
The harmonic balancer is keyed to the cog too - I don't know whether
this could easily get installed wrong or not... but I have seen the
key on the cog broken.  Makes it very difficult to time the engine
when it keeps slipping as Pat Martin found out.

Orin.