Originally Posted by
steves24V's
black top 2.0 only use the timing bar in the back of the cam's not the two pin's they are for the 1.25 and 1.4, you do loosen off the cam pulleys and there are normal tread left to loosen. and as far as i remember to time up the crank there are 2 makes on the aux bottom pulley 1 that point's straight down and one at 5 O'clock that lines up to a moulding on the sump. make sure you tention the belt before you do the cam pulleys up so the belt is tight between all pulleys.
i have a RWD sump... therefore no timing marks on the sump to line up against!!!!!
how do i set the bottom end at absolout TDC cause my "rough guess using a screwdriver thru the sparkplug hole" technique hasnt got it right twice!
and i know the cam thing, thats easy, i used a 5mm masonry drill bit,
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but i NEEED the bottom end to be at propper TDC rather than guesswork, cause i dont wanna go thru the hassle of doing it again (bearing in mind i have to remove the strut brace by jacking up the car!!!) to get it wrong again!