As far as i now, having just replaced the water pump on my 90 sunbird LE non-turbo, there are several marks to look for. The first is on the bottom pully which should be alinged with 8 on the plastic timing belt cover. Next after removing the plastic timing belt cover - no simple task as you have have to remove the alternator serpentine belt and tensioner - check that the cam shaft sprocket at the top has its notch at 12oclock which will align it with the 'v' groove in the metal timing belt cover bolted to the engine. If not remove the belt by sliding it off adjst the cam shaft sprocket as mentioned above and put the belt back on. Good luck. PS you may have to remove the passenger side front wheel and inside wheel shroud to better access the lower part of the timing and crankshaft pully. Best bet hit your local library for the Hayes or daynes autorepair manuals.
PPs sorry maybe a better manual would be Chilton's Repair Manual
Which engine have you got? There is a choice of.... 8v carb
8v single point injection
or
16v multipoint injection regards Andy
Many Fords of that vintage required that a jumper be placed on a socket near the distributor. Without the jumper in place it's not possible to change the timing of the engine. Install the jumper, set the timing with a timing light THEN remove the jumper and it should stay. You'll need to get a reference manual to identify the jumper location and to determine the proper timing advance settings.
All motors are different, need to know the make ,year and what size motor to tell where to set the timing.
did you make sure the #1 piston was top dead center and that when you set your timing that the springs where without tension? if not its out of time
There is an inline spout connector, kind of like a plug you would plug into the wall, that you have to disconnect before using timing light. This puts the engine in base timing. Set timing to specs and then plug inline spout connector back up.
cam shaft sensor controlled
I have a 1998 Suzuki Sidekick JX 4X4 4 Doors, How do I set the timing? Please show me the steps thank you.
http://www.kick-fix.com/IGN_timing/index.html
You can set the camshaft timing, on your Suzuki 450, by manually turning the engine to the number one spot. Adjust the camshaft valves with the adjustment screw.
You need a timing light
timig chain marks
you turn the distributor and use a timing light
Chevrolet s10 v6 2.8 liter pickup timing degree, how to set the degree
no it wont it is way to small weve tried it and its usless but the tires are good
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With the timing set at 10 degrees BTDC it is 800 RPM.
the timing should be set top dead center with the number one spark plug
the water pump is located next to the throttle body. there is no reason to set the timing.