86 stanza timing belt replacement

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ulas cosar coskun - 07 Mar 2004 04:08 GMT

Hello guys,

I hope some of you have an idea about replacing timing belt on 4
cyclinder 5/86 stanza with 8 spark plugs.

I bought a replacement belt and noticed there are two marks on the
belt. The manual says i have to allign with respect to markers on the
pulleys. On the cam shaft pulley i noticed there are 3 markers. two of
tehm circular and one of them trianglar. which marker i should use.
plus depending the way i use the belt, the lenght is different. should
i use short side or long side.

i will need some help despereately. I tried to allign it with respect
to all markers all day long one by one but no light here.

TIA.

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Steve T - 07 Mar 2004 00:08 GMT

> Hello guys,
>
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> i will need some help despereately. I tried to allign it with respect
> to all markers all day long one by one but no light here.

Simple solution to make sure you don't screw up (I assume you've already
removed the old belt) is to remove the valve cover and make sure #4
cylinder's valve are on overlap when the crank is on TDC and the dist is
pointed at #1.

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ulas cosar coskun - 07 Mar 2004 17:50 GMT

> > Hello guys,
> >
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> cylinder's valve are on overlap when the crank is on TDC and the dist is
> pointed at #1.

Steve,

What do you mean by "valves are on overlap"?

Which marker i should use, and which side of the belt, shorter or
longer side between markers face front of the engine.

thanks.

do the valve hit if the belt broke or mis alligned. thanks.

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Steve T - 07 Mar 2004 14:45 GMT

> Steve,
>
> What do you mean by "valves are on overlap"?

The exhaust valve is about to close and the intake is just starting to open.
Be gentle moving the shafts around and you won't damage/bend anything.

> Which marker i should use, and which side of the belt, shorter or
> longer side between markers face front of the engine.

No idea and why I sugested looking at the valves. I wouldn't trust something
like a haynes or chilton manual either.

> thanks.
>
> do the valve hit if the belt broke or mis alligned.

Probably will, which is another reason to look at the valve position rather
than guessing.

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