Originally Posted by MPDano
Originally Posted by The Critic
Originally Posted by MPDano
Originally Posted by The Critic
Yes, you are one tooth off. Most likely, you left slack in the chain between the intake cam and the crankshaft. I have seen this mistake before.
If you remove the crank pulley, you will find that the dot on the sprocket does not match up with the correct link on the chain.
Dot on sprocket would mean to take the timing cover back off, no way Jose, lol. I'll have to fix this from the top using a bungee to not lose slack. I'm just wondering "before I put the timing cover on," I put the colored links exactly where they should have been. Even the crank dot and colored link.
I'll post better straight on pics guys.
You only need to remove the crank pulley - just remove the crank bolt, remove the pulley and you will be able to see the chain links and the dot on the sprocket.
If you remove the harmonic balancer, you will be faced with a crank seal. The gear is "under" the timing cover.
You can still see a little bit of the gear, it might be enough. Worse case, remove the crank seal. Getting another crank seal still beats fully reassembling and finding out after start-up that your timing is off.