illili
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I am changing the timing belt on my 2.3 and am having trouble lining the timing marks up. They were lined up when I took the belt off, but I accidentally moved the truck while it was in gear just a hair (I know it should have been in neutral, I've already face palmed because of this).
I can get two of the three timing marks to line up triangle to triangle on the camshaft, diamond to diamond on the oil pump, and I get the notch on the crank at 12 o'clock with the dot lined up with the notch. No matter what I seem to do, going counterclockwise from the crank to the oil pump makes it rotate either a took forward or backwards to be lined up. I got frustrated yesterday so I took a breather and left it alone for now, is there another timing mark I missed on the oil pump (similar to the crankshaft) that I'm missing?
Thanks a million to whoever helps
EDIT: I found a tutorial for doing the timing on my specific year and model (except his doesn't have power steering). It walks through most everything I can see and has pretty good quality. Let me know what you guys think of this and if its applicable to other model years.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
I can get two of the three timing marks to line up triangle to triangle on the camshaft, diamond to diamond on the oil pump, and I get the notch on the crank at 12 o'clock with the dot lined up with the notch. No matter what I seem to do, going counterclockwise from the crank to the oil pump makes it rotate either a took forward or backwards to be lined up. I got frustrated yesterday so I took a breather and left it alone for now, is there another timing mark I missed on the oil pump (similar to the crankshaft) that I'm missing?
Thanks a million to whoever helps
EDIT: I found a tutorial for doing the timing on my specific year and model (except his doesn't have power steering). It walks through most everything I can see and has pretty good quality. Let me know what you guys think of this and if its applicable to other model years.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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