icemonkey Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Hmmmm. Many thanks for looking at this one here. No longer have a garage to work out of so now Im stuck working in fair weather on the street. A few weeks ago I was finishing up and putting on a new timing belt... and it started to rain. So cover everything up and wait for the rain to stop. 2 1/2 weeks later I get my chance and disaster, the cam sprockets are out of alignment. Worse still the crankshaft timing dot looks to off. Could the heating and cooling of the strange weather weve been having turn the engine over? Worse still the engine shroud has no alignment marks (I stupidly used post it note clippings that fell off) can I use diagrams from the various How To's to find alignment? Any help would be great... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastpath Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 loosen up the rockers so that the cam can move freely then find TDC by putting a screwdriver or something else long in the #1 sparkplug hole. the crank keyway should be around the 11 o'clock position at TDC. Then align your cam sprockets, put the timing belt on, then tighten the rockers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemonkey Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 Thanks beastpath. I hope the sun stays out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9sar Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 the cam marks are hard to see reverse dimples on the rear timing cover. Once you have TDC established, you need to put 43 teeth between the crank mark and the drivers side cam mark. Almost positive it's 43... it's been posted before. The cam marks should fall, when at TDC, around 1 o'clock on the drivers side cam and 11 o'clock on the passenger side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemonkey Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 Terrific! Thank you all. Luckily my belt is marked and Ive checked it. I think I just panicked when everything was out of wack. The more I think about it the more suprized I am that the ambient temperature fluctuating can move an engine. Thanks for all the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9sar Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 don't be too surprised. If you have ever tried to turn your cam just a little, you'll notice that there are places that it wants to be and places where it doesn't. You may have had it on the hairy edge and a temp fluctuation was enough to make it slip to a more stable location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemonkey Posted June 14, 2009 Author Share Posted June 14, 2009 SUCCESS! all back together and sounding good!!! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemonkey Posted June 20, 2009 Author Share Posted June 20, 2009 Just a quick update... engine just died. What I thought was a sticky valve was not. I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 What happened, do you know? B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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