GoneHuntin

95% of the time the crank pulley will be stuck and you'll need a puller. Be sure to use a bolt on type (steering wheel puller type) instead of one that clamps on the outside of the pulley, that's what breaks. Be sure to spray a good bit of rust penetrate on the crank pulley after you get the big bolt out. MAKE SURE you are at top dead center with the cam gear dots pointing up. Use a belt that has the marks on it and line it all up with the dots on the gears and you should be ok.

You haven't broken a timing belt have you? If it breaks, or strips teeth off then the distributor won't turn and it doesn't fire. Remove the dist. cap and spin it over to see if it turns.

1988 with 304,890 miles.

Thanks, it's got 304,xxx on it, but no rust. It does help that I'm a GTR certified Nissan master tech.

I just bought an '88 WD21 SE 4X4 VG30i 5SPD for $200 with a broke t-belt. Then I swapped in a vg30 from a '93 WD21. This truck sat for awhile and has a few bugs to work out, but I'm working through them.