![]() Is there any advice anyone can give me to double and triple check that it is in fact right? I was only able to move one of the tensioners so it took a bit of wiggling to get the new belt in there, but all the marks do line up now. I used ideas from the other posters to mark where the cams were with a little whiteout, marking the old belt and transferring the marks (these lined up perfectly with the marks that came on my new gatorback belt), and locking the cams with 2 vice grips. just popped right out after removing the bolts.Īnyhow, I have the new timing belt on and I am fairly confident that everything lined up right. I had to rig up some 2x4s and get a sledge hammer to knock the old pulley out once the water pump was off the engine. Unfortunately, I had to bust up the timing belt cover ($120 replacement) to do it. In a couple decades of working on cars, I've never had a new seal leak so I think I'm doing it right. I like to wait an hour before I put water in the system and fill it up to give the sealant a chance to really set. It does not take much torque to hold the pump on (you may want to use a torque wrench if you aren't familiar with the amount of pressure to put on your wrench. Do not, not, not over tighten the bolts or you will squeeze our your sealant. Afterwards install the new water pump with the new gasket and secure the mounting bolts. ![]() Then pull a **thin** coat of sealant on the new gasket (both sides) and let it set for about 10 minutes. I use light sand paper, other use a razor. Once its off, you'll want to 100% remove all the old sealant and gasket from the housing. It may take some pulling to get it off since the old sealant works a bit like glue. ![]() After you get the pully off there will be several slightly larger bolts (12mm?) that hold the pump on. It can be tricky removing them because the pully wants to turn. After you remove the belt there are 4-5 (as I recall) small 10mm bolts that hold the pully on the pump. The new pump should come with a new gasket and you'll want to get some Ultra-blue (my preference) goo to seal it. If its like others, its pretty straight forward if you are already familiar with sealing gaskets. ![]()
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