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kramit12
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Dec 19, 2006, 8:24 PM

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I have to change the water pump, driven by the timing belt. should the marks on the cam pullies be at each other or away for top dead center


steve01832
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Dec 20, 2006, 2:49 AM

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Okay, a little trick. Before you tear it down, pull the distributor cap and rotate the engine until #1 cylinder is at top dead center and the rotor is pointing to the #1 cylinder on the cap. Set the crankshaft pulley to 0 degrees TDC. Now All of your timing marks will be lined up. As long as you don't rotate any pulleys with the belt off, you should have no problems retiming the camshafts. When you do the pump, put a new belt on too. Make sure you check the tensioner bearing and replace that if it has any play in it or is making any noise when you spin it by hand.

Steve


74javelin
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Jan 20, 2011, 11:24 PM

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Frown Hey, I read your post and I set up my rotor to point @ No#1 on cap Another person told me its to point between tower# 2-6 on the cap because of the contact point location of number #1 underneath the cap?
Any sugggestions?


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Jan 21, 2011, 6:23 AM

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Please do not reply to a 5 year old thread



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