thanks a lot. this thread is so useful especially when I cannot find Haynes manual for Qx4. Today I sucessfully changed my timing belt(QX4 99), prepaired two months to buy tools from Canadian Tire, including strap wrench which broke by me. when I get time, I will try to post some pictures. By the way, where is the starter and how to expose the flywheel. I tried to block the engine from turning when I tightened the crank pulley(reassemble, timing belt changing finished), that's when I broke the strap wrench. Finally by the broken strape wrench stuck on the water pump body, that way to hold the engine, I tightened the crank pulley bolt to 200 N-m. The way I loosened the bolt is by using the long handle(1.5 ft from centre to mid of handle) torque wrench ($54 from Canadian Tire, on sale) and start the engine. You can do this by a breaker bar, one end hold on ground or on the girder of your car, other end of course on the bolt, then start the engine and quickly turn off( you don't want the engine run continuously). Youtube has lots of video show this way. My crank pulley bolt came off within one second, you will feel very good after you tried lots of ways to remove that stubbon bolt.
