How do you time a 90 Chrysler Lebaron 3.0 V6 Mitsubishi engine?

Answer 1

1. Pull the serpentine belt using a half inch breaker bar to release the tensioner. 2. Pull crankshaft dampener pulley (22 mm socket)- use an impact wrench, if this will not loosen the bolt, use a breaker bar, resting it on the lower control arm, disconnecting the coil wire, and bumping the motor over. 3.Remove the AC belt by loosening the nut on the front of the tensioner pulley then the bolt on top of the tensioner pulley. 4. Remove the tensioner pulley (15 mm socket) 3 bolts. 5.Remove AC compressor (15 mm socket) 2 bolts and 2 nuts. 6. Remove AC compressor bracket (15 mm socket) 3 bolts 2 on top and one under the compressor. 7. Place a jack under the motor and remove the engine support plate from the block (14 mm socket) 4 bolts. 8. Remove the Power Steering pump bolts through the access hole in the front of the pulley (15 mm socket) 2 bolts - loosen the nut on the back of the power steering pump (15 mm socket). 9. Remove motor mount from the passenger side fender (12 mm) socket and pull entire engine support plate out. 10. Remove 3 plastic timing belt covers (10 mm socket) 8-10 bolts. With covers removed you will be able to see the 2 cam gears and the crank gear. The timing arrows on the cams will allign with the lines on the belt cover backs and the notch on the crank gear will allign with the line on the oil pump. The rear cam gear is tricky to allign because of the lobe of the cam. 11. Loosen the belt tensioner pulley bolt (12 mm socket), With a screw driver release the tension on the timing belt and retighten the bolt. Remove timing belt. 12. Yes that is your water pump that runs off the timing belt and I recommend you change it now instead of having to go through all this again if it goes out. There is one bolt that goes into the top of the water pump that is tricky to get out, but with a little brute force on the bracket you can get it out without pulling the intake manifold. I did not repace this bolt when I reassembled. 13. Replace timing belt loosen and retighten belt tensioner. Spin motor a few revolutions and recheck timing marks so you are sure it stays correct, you dont want to put this all back together and find out it jumped a tooth. 14. Reverse all to finish and good luck.