[MR2] Help...pls timing problems:-(

[Donald Chalfant]

Out of the car offers a wide range of methods.  Personally, I'd just use my
impact wrench. But I have a feeling you don't have a pneumatic system. I
don't know the orientation of the engine, but a friend holding a large
screwdriver in the ring gear braced against the block while you use a socket
and long breaker bar will work nicely.  If you are marooned on a desert
island, a sharp blow or two to the handle of the breaker bar
(anti-clockwise) with a large mallet would probably do it.  Although your
engine is not a turbo, I'm pretty sure it is a 3S-GE and will most likely
need both belt pensioners and the water pump replaced. Don't forget new
O-rings for the water pump.  The procedure for tensioning the belt is on
that web site I sent.

Cleanliness is next to Godliness here.  Are you beginning to wish you'd
purchased an engine from the breakers yet?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angus Harvey" <cheekeychavie at googlemail.com>
To: <mr2 at mr2.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 6:30 PM
Subject: [MR2] Help...pls timing problems:-(


> I am currently trying to time up a mk2 na, engine of which is out of the
car!
> My problem is that I cant undo the big bolt on the end of the crank! I
> need this of to remove the bottom timing cover but cant do it as the
> engine just turns. The belt is broken too and this probably does not
> help!
>
> I am loosing my mind over ways to get this undone:-(
> Any ideas ppl?
>
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