ghettoracingkid
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- 2002 Miata LS
thanks sandy.
Need help after timing belt replacement
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ghettoracingkid
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- 2002 Miata LS
ok cool
I want to thank everybody on this thread especially sandy pro. I got it resolved. I aligned the cams to match that of sandypro, i then made sure no slack on the non tensioner side. I then put everything back together and no start, the spark was intermitent. I was about to give up for the night when i thought to look at the crank shaft sensor. I took the bolt off that holds the sensor on and moved the magnet tip just a bit closer to the harmonic balancer/crank alignment thingy. (about 1/2 a cm away from the tooth) i then bolted it back down and it started right up. I am so happy right now I cannot even get over it. I must have knocked this thing out of alignment just a slight bit when trying to remove the crankshaft sprocket bolt. The car runs great. The cams were deffinately off before sandy posted the proper photos. the car would not have started no matter what, but good thing since damage would have occured since the cams were not aligned. thank you all once again for your help. 
ghettoracingkid
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ahh nice.....
good for you
good for you
ok, since we have all the timing belt experts in here i figure ill ask my question after looking at so many threads about this.
my wifes motor took a dump last week and i have a new one on the way... hopefully today or tom! while im replacing the motor i figured i would change the belt while its out of the car. what is stopping me from pulling the old one off and replacing it with a new one.... everything still lined up like it was?
let me be more specific, without moving the cams or the crank, pull the old belt off and put the new one on in the same exact position.
my wifes motor took a dump last week and i have a new one on the way... hopefully today or tom! while im replacing the motor i figured i would change the belt while its out of the car. what is stopping me from pulling the old one off and replacing it with a new one.... everything still lined up like it was?
let me be more specific, without moving the cams or the crank, pull the old belt off and put the new one on in the same exact position.
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Superspec - there shouldn't be any issue with that. That's what I did when I replaced mine for preventative maintenance. I was one tooth off at first, but that was fixed and the car ran like normal. It seem you may need a helper to hold one of the cams in place while you place the belt on. I remember struggling heavily with this doing it myself because I seem to remeber that both cams were not at rest to get it aligned properly, but my motor is a 2.0. 25k miles later, my timing belt fails, so I have to do it all over again.
J.D.
J.D.
thanks, i finally got it up and running after some tq converter issues. when i pulled the timing covers off i made several marks on the cam gears and crank/ block so that i would def. have everything lined up. sure enough it came in handy because when i pulled the belt off of the cam gears the intake cam rolled back several degrees. after tracking down a cresent wrench and something to tie it down with i got everything lined back up and new belt on. within about 3 hours i had the motor back in with oil pump primed and cyl. lubed. the new motor lit right off and is running great... i wish i could have said that about the tranny though, 1600 later and the car is back on the road.
total amount spent? around 2400 and change, but its still cheaper than a new car note!
total amount spent? around 2400 and change, but its still cheaper than a new car note!
