timing belt procedure

[jwbow]

Hi everyone,
New to the forum and need some help. Getting read to change the timing belt, aux. belt and tensioner on my 92 talon turbo. I have the factor procedure but do not have the tensioner tool. I have seen an article on how to set it without the tool but have been unable to locate it. Anyone know where I can find it.

Thanks,
John

[MrZ]

jwbow;
That tool sure would be nice, but I've never used it. I've changed the belt twice, and have done it by feel both times. This may take a couple of times to get it right.

I gripped an allen wrench in a pair of vice grips, inserted the end of the allen wrench in one of the pulley holes, and just applied pressure to put tension on the belt and tightend the bolt. Of course you need to do this with the tensioner plunger retracted and held in place by putting a small allen wrench through the hole in the side of the tensioner.

One you have the tensioner pulley tight, you pull out what ever you used to hold the tensioner plunger retraced, then rotate the crank around twice. At this point you check the clearance as indicated in the factory procedure.

I personally set mine for the minimum clearance. I think it just makes sense to do that, since the belt will stretch a little when it is breaking in.

Let me know if you need a bit more detail in that explanation.

Mark

[rambur]

http://www.vfaq.com/index-main.html is your friend. Timing belt procedure is under the "engine" section.

[MrZ]

rambur;
Hey, that's a great link! I've got some lunch time reading now!

Mark