kevinchevy67

thanks for the info

my girlfriend has a 98 SE,4x4. She had someone else change the timing belt, and after installing belt,he vanished, leaving everything disassembled. So I put this thing back together, and it runs like crap.I do a little research on the subject,(and I'm pretty well rounded with engines), pull it back apart, and find that he had set the timing belt wrong,(43 teeth from LH mark toRH mark, and 40 teeth from EH to crank). I reset it, put it all back together, and it runs a lot better, but not quite perfect. My question is, should there be 40 teeth between LH mark and RH mark,(excluding teeth with mark)? so there should actually be 40 teeth IN BETWEEN the teeth at the marks? and 43 teeth IN BETWEEN LH mark and crank mark?