Doesnt work if/when A/T or things like Chris Emerson said: "Keep in mind I'm doing this by myself so I don't have an assistant·"
- need a wife? My son was born next night after AMChornet brake pump job...

Matt: "I put a peice of old belt around the crankshaft pulley‚ and then wrapped the chainwrench around..."
- this is why all ppl do stare at my belt...


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On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:12:38 -0400, Chris Emerson
<cemerson (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote:

Thanks for everyone's responses, and actually I figured this out by
luck or logic as I hadn't had any responses by the time I attempted
this. Since it's a 5 speed, Steve T had the right solution in the end.
I had no impact wrench, and no one to help me, so I put the car in
gear and put a 2X4 between the brake pedal and the headrest. I was
able to then get the 27mm crank pulley nut off with a little muscle.

Some things I experienced while doing this task. The crank gear was
marked with a punch mark and a mark on the block. The front cam gear
was marked with a red paint dot (possibly over a punch mark) and a
little notch in the back timing cover plate. The back cam gear had
absolutely no marks. What I dd was use a yellow gease pencil to mark
everything, old belt and all gears. When I removed the old belt, I
made sure the correct number of teeth (40 between the marks on the
cams) were realigned using the marks on the new belt. Of course the
old belt had stretched, so I had to ever so slightly rotate the cam
gear a smidgen on the front to get the correct number of teeth to line
up. And then back the other way a smidgen to get the teeth to line up
on the crank gear. Of course this is the scariest part, because I was
not confident I should move anything. Anyway, the short story is.... I
put it back together and it started right up. The old girl runs a
little better now (with the new belt & plugs) and now that I've done
this once, I'll be ready for the next one when she approaches 300K.

And just for the record... Chiltons is almost useless. The only good
information was the number of teeth between the marks, but I could
have figured that out from the OEM belt.

Thanks again to everyone that responded....

Chris

I guess I meant the grooved belt that came off the crankshaft pulley in
the first place.

...I guess I meant the grooved belt that came off the crankshaft pulley in
the first place.
(No wonder ppl stare my striped belt... I always thought it was my charisma. Oh boy, my last illusion down the drain.)

No, really, that is a good idea to use the original belt; will not slip.


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