Quote Originally Posted by SlowPro48 View Post
Note it's only a problem if you want to avoid confusion - it's not a problem from a practical/operational standpoint. As you well know, the VX runs just fine with the crank aligned 180 degrees off. All you're doing is making it fire the #5 cylinder when it thinks it's firing #2. Like I said in a previous post - just one of the advantages of a wasted spark ignition!
So, are you saying that because of the way I did my timing belt swap, I must be misfiring now? Or are you saying because of the mistake in my write-up, people could get confused and then their VX would misfire after they do it wrong? If I was misfiring, wouldn't my VX run like crap, throw a CEL or whatever?

To me, my install worked fine because essentially I am just taking the old belt off, and installing a new one without disrupting anything. Technically, like you said, that would work regardless of where your pulleys are, as long as the new belt goes on in exactly the same way the old one was on.

Of course, I would love to fix my instructions, but I am not about to tear into my VX just to snap 2 or 3 pictures of this the right way. So, if there is someone out there who is doing this and would like to provide correct photos, I would gladly update my instructions, but for now, I have removed the write-up from my old website and I currently have no link to it up on my new website. As for the how-to section on this forum, the pdf probably should be taken down until the error is corrected.

Anyway, I appreciate you taking the time to spell this out, honestly, it wasn't until I studied the pictures, the videos and the diagram again and again before I realized where the mistake is.

Now I am just concerned that my VX could be screwed up somehow??!?!?

Bart