[Shotimes] Timing belt Help :>(

[Midwest SHO Specialists]

Wow, a lot of quick answers.

I'll avoid the car when bat is in hand, especially because it's not mine!
:>)

I'd be seriously shocked to see that this car had crank cancer.  It is a 0
(or very near 0) mile motor.  I'm happy for him that his mechanic messed the
car up, because the crank damper bolt was torqued down to a whopping 60
ft/lbs and he may have found himself experiencing crank cancer down the
road.  The timing sprocket is on tight and has no play.

As for the crank sensor, if it is not spaced, would it produce ANY tach
signal at all?  I haven't seen one that wasn't spaced correctly as of yet so
I don't know.

Keep em coming guys!

Mike Kopstain
Midwest SHO Specialists
827 North Chestnut Avenue
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
www.MidwestSHO.com
Sales@midwestsho.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <BJamesjr@aol.com>
To: <SHOtimes@midwestsho.com>
Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Timing belt Help :>(


> > I'm at my wits end here and I am looking for ANY help or insight.  To
> > premise the problems you are about to read, here is a little summary
> > of the problem.
>
> First of all, be careful if you get near the car with a hammer or baseball
> bat in your hand.     :-)
>
> Sounds like you have lined up everything for installing the timing belt,
so
> it should not be out of time.  One thing you didn't mention is how the
lower
> timing gear fits on the crankshaft.  The "crank cancer" that some of us
have
> had will allow the timing to be severely retarded.  If the gears, belt,
cams,
> etc. are properly installed, then it should not be out of time.  So what
else
> could be a problem?  You could double-check the firing order.  You didn't
say
> if you checked compression or not but if an intake valve was not closing
> properly this would cause problems through the intake.  Is it possible to
> have other wiring problems?  I don't know if swapping parts could cause
> problems of this type.  That's all that I can think of at 11:45 at night.