[kushane]

Yesterday evening, I checked the ignition timing and it was way advanced. The marks on the pulley were over an inch away from the marks on the block (not sure how many degrees that is). I had to rotate the distributor all the way to one side to get the center mark anywhere near where it should be (it's still a tad too advanced).

The car drove much better after that and the pinging is gone and the top end is back. However, being that I had to go to the extreme on the adjustment range, I am convinced the belt is off a tooth or 2 at the cam.

Any idea how complicated adjusting the belt would be. I am hoping I can take the top belt cover off (along with the valve cover), loosen the tensioner and slide the belt over as needed. If this sounds right, what else do I need to remove to get to the tensioner? I looked at the Chilton manual and all of them have the tensioner adj as part of the belt replacement - where a lot of other stuff is removed anyway. Any ideas?

Thanks