I'm appreciating some stuff to sort-of-play with where I can look at stuff on mine! Especially fun looking at things I've done recently because I can look again at mine in wonderment still.! (I wonder how she drives after all this time!).. I don't trust my memory so check everything twice I sometimes get a bit carried and mixed up!
Me and my dad just accept we'll argue about the belt timing, and we did twice this time, once with it all open and easy on the bench changing the crank oil seal and once in the car to change the previously unsuspected cam-seal (hence sprocket/belt off) It never looks quite right either way..
Next time I change the belt I'll leave the car in gear pushed up against the backlash to keep the crank still, I can say I learned that from this thread.!
-How I'd tell someone is-
Haynes describes a sprocket holding tool, not vital..., We set the cam mark at dot then used a socket on the bottom to line up near enough the 0 and then pull the 'bumper-side' of the belt (the long run) slightly taut using the socket, and check again. Then when we used a screwdriver on the vanes of the pump to twist it, it could only pull up the slack belt..
(Unless the waterpump is *seized* and very sticky! that could be a slightly possible cause I just thought of!)
I might be doing a standup gig on Thursday in Derby so good to take mind off that, but send me any G jokes! :-D x 10^6
Neal