ok, great question,
how you time your cam is your decision, 100% .
the book is clear as day as is the great Gates belt sheet of paper in the belt box, # 4 timed. ( TDC on crank crank is #1 or #4)
the cam marks "E" are #4 firing, and sure if the E is at 6PM its #1 but there is no mark there, so...
here is how shops get rich doing this cheating, but the book that is SURE slower. (charge 4 hours labor, book rate and do it in 1/2 get rich fast)
one way (pick yours) is to
(what is so bad here is what if old belt slipped say 1 tooth already, so validate timing first with old belt still present,)
1: cap off distrib.
2: turn crank to #4 so rotor spot (wire to 4 is rear cylinder) if you must do #1 ok do it. (why?, there is no #1 marks)) .
(learn too that the cam maY NOT KIKE holding #1 position do to spring bias there, so with belt off, it can slip and turn (may)
3: cut the old belt off. with box knife. etc. (there is even faster way and very dangerous, I'll not say now)
4: with rubber mallet, pound the new belt on , devil be damned pretension the belt per instructions
5:button up get rich, on excess labor charges.
all ways to do this is here, and the SHEET above is there and the FSM pages are there,
http://www.fixkick.com/t-belt/16-fast-belt-install.html
i have played with the cam before here (no belt) and it does not like just sitting statically in any position, due to the valve spring bias and 1,3,4,2 firing order.
but in your case no harm done, belt is still installed and on, now, right?
turn the crank CW so crank is tdc, then see if #4 E mark is at TDC 12pm, and both #4 valve rear are closed. if yes, its done deal
(they tell you clockwise (CW) for 2 reasons only
(1: so the 17mm head crank bolt does not come loose turned backwards CCW, 2:and the firing order is part of the cam so if at #1 , 3 comes next , see?)
last timing it at #1 , can very very easily get you 1 tooth off, (the cam likes to slip off time I found at #1)
but that is not a problem with that #1 belt off, belt on way, just be sure to turn the crank CW so that #4 CAM E- mark it TDC 12pm then with that 100% exactly correct, look at crank TDC mark now.
if crank mark TDC mark is wrong , yes, know then the cam was timed wrong. (so now do it right, be the book)
http://www.fixkick.com/t-belt/16-fast-belt-install.html
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how you time your cam is your decision, 100% .
the book is clear as day as is the great Gates belt sheet of paper in the belt box, # 4 timed. ( TDC on crank crank is #1 or #4)
the cam marks "E" are #4 firing, and sure if the E is at 6PM its #1 but there is no mark there, so...
here is how shops get rich doing this cheating, but the book that is SURE slower. (charge 4 hours labor, book rate and do it in 1/2 get rich fast)
one way (pick yours) is to
(what is so bad here is what if old belt slipped say 1 tooth already, so validate timing first with old belt still present,)
1: cap off distrib.
2: turn crank to #4 so rotor spot (wire to 4 is rear cylinder) if you must do #1 ok do it. (why?, there is no #1 marks)) .
(learn too that the cam maY NOT KIKE holding #1 position do to spring bias there, so with belt off, it can slip and turn (may)
3: cut the old belt off. with box knife. etc. (there is even faster way and very dangerous, I'll not say now)
4: with rubber mallet, pound the new belt on , devil be damned pretension the belt per instructions
5:button up get rich, on excess labor charges.
all ways to do this is here, and the SHEET above is there and the FSM pages are there,
http://www.fixkick.com/t-belt/16-fast-belt-install.html
i have played with the cam before here (no belt) and it does not like just sitting statically in any position, due to the valve spring bias and 1,3,4,2 firing order.
but in your case no harm done, belt is still installed and on, now, right?
turn the crank CW so crank is tdc, then see if #4 E mark is at TDC 12pm, and both #4 valve rear are closed. if yes, its done deal
(they tell you clockwise (CW) for 2 reasons only
(1: so the 17mm head crank bolt does not come loose turned backwards CCW, 2:and the firing order is part of the cam so if at #1 , 3 comes next , see?)
last timing it at #1 , can very very easily get you 1 tooth off, (the cam likes to slip off time I found at #1)
but that is not a problem with that #1 belt off, belt on way, just be sure to turn the crank CW so that #4 CAM E- mark it TDC 12pm then with that 100% exactly correct, look at crank TDC mark now.
if crank mark TDC mark is wrong , yes, know then the cam was timed wrong. (so now do it right, be the book)
http://www.fixkick.com/t-belt/16-fast-belt-install.html
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