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I had a hard time even pulling the cover, removed both belts and still can't get it . Did you get the little bolt in the "hiding" in the midle of the cover? Oh yeah I did, I finally popped it off, I think I was mostly afraid of breaking it. The belt looks really good but it's not centered...

I was just rereading this post by keith: http://tercel4wd.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=38212#top He says that if the pulley timing marks don't line up when the cam timing marks do that you need to pull the bottom cover and check it out, I'm thinking that's what I need to do. But Notmike said above tha...

Thanks Tom, I just used that along with the diagram on my hood and I think I got em all lined out, but my timing is still around 2 or 3 ATDC without the distributor vac hoses. In the post I just made I was speculating that the camshaft gear could be off, which it does appear to be, but that would be...

Alright, I traced and rerouted the all of the vacuum hoses according to the hood diagram and the one on this forum. There were a lot mis-routed! I probably changed 8 or so hoses around including the top vacuum hose for the distributor which is now going to the vacuum manifold (mine just has one port...

Ok I'll check it out, thank you!

Okay, checked it again. After the advancing I did earlier, with both vacuum hoses connected I'm now somewhere around 20* BTDC. When I unplug the upper hose there is no change. When I unplug the lower hose it falls way back to 2 or 3* ATDC. I checked the routing of the two hoses and they appear to be...

Actually when I lined the crank up the camshaft is slightly more left than it was.

Hmm that is what I thought but also read that some people's keyholes get buggered up. I just looked and the crankshaft pulley is actually pretty close, but when I line it up with the mark at 0* the hole in the camshaft gear is still well left of the triangle (the triangle is fully outside the X of t...

First post! I just bought an 83 SR5 3ac wagon with about 260k and am going through it trying to get it running really well. I replaced the distributor cap and rotor, wires and plugs, pcv valve and housing, changed the oil and filter, fuel filter and adjusted the idle. Its now idling around 900 and s...