Timing Belt Change Question

[jasonm621]

All I can tell you is that when I did mine (Post #19 on this thread) the timing marks on the belt fell on these 3 positions: The green dot on both of the camshaft pulleys at the 10 & 2 o' clock position as you mentioned. And the 3rd line fell on the half moon cutout on the crankshaft sprocket. I think as long as you have set your camshafts in the correct position (as it sounds like you have) and the lines on the belt are on the positions as mentioned. Then im %97 sure you should be good to go. If im wrong then you use the other mark on the crankshaft pulley. Really you have a %50 chance of using the right mark on the crankshaft. But from reading the past posts it seems like im not the only one who used the half moon cutout to line the timing belt mark.

Same here, the Notch on the green dot (passenger side) and line to line on drivers side, exactly as these pics but opposite manual, but worked for me. If you try lining it up the way the manual shows it won't work, found at the hard way

[TexasProton]

I think the next step I need to do is take the head covers off and see if the marks on the gears line up per the second grainy video...I am just getting tired of guessing wrong!

I plan on trying to crank the engine with the timing cover off, and without putting back the Crankshaft pulley and the 24mm nut. I'm also going to loop the transmission hose between the two transmission lines, so the oil won't squirt everywhere when I crank the engine. I'm only going to do so to see if it will start, so if it starts, it will be for a few seconds...Does anyone see a problem with this approach?

I'm just sick to my core of taking things apart and putting them back together, then taking them apart again

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