I need help with the location of the correct timing marks. For both the timing and the rotors a picture that will show them clear as day. And procedure on how far I am going to have to tear it down to just straighten out the timing it's off by one tooth on the Belt. I have a friend of mine that did this timing belt and water pump and I don't know what happened but it's running like crap and from what I can see the way he left it it just seems like it's off one tooth on both sides. I have not been able to drive this car for 6 months for one reason or the other. And I can't seem to find a good picture of the marks for a SC 400 1uz. I know there is a lot of threads on the topic but can someone please point me in the right direction before I have another heart attack. This crap is stressing me out. Thank you.
if you look at the front page of this forum you find a button Tech Articles, press it and a new page comes up it has a button Tutorial in the upper left part
press it and a list of tutorials will come up, there is one on Changing camshafts and two on Changing timing belt
these will give the guidelines on how to do this, however, unfortunately there are no good pics showing the timing/alignment marks
I can see one of the cam marks, but that is just because I know where it is
as to uncover/stripping down, the tutorials above will give you a good idea;
i would do the following;
uncover the camshafts
uncover the crankshaft pulley
uncover camshaft pulleys
remove distributor caps and rotors
uncover the arm that is used for tensioning the timing belt
there are 5 sets of marks for alignment, 3 at the engine front and two on the camshafts
start with turning engine clockwise so that the mark on the crankshaft pulley is aligned with the 0 mark behind the pulley
(now, most people will say; remove the crankshaft pulley to get to the smaller timing belt pulley behind,
last time I adjusted timing, 1 week ago, I did not remove that pulley, that worked OK for me)
I mentioned the timing marks on the camshaft pulleys in another comment
in the middle of the camshafts there are gears, on the backside of the gear wheels there is one timing mark on each wheel, on the fuel cam and one on the exhaust cam,
a dent in the wheel's surface is the mark
these should be aligned, ie be as close to each other as possible
the marks on the front of the engine for the cam pulleys you will see as soon as you uncover,
roughly 2 cm long dents in the metallic cover behind the cam pulleys
look in the 22 pm and 2 am positions
