Quote from: ORCoaster on August 31, 2011, 12:05:00 amYeah, I would think with all the trouble we do have trying to get to that magic moment when it all lines up and sounds right that leaving the IP loose at the tension time would be a little risky. Maybe getting the belt at the right tension, to the half twist point doesn't put enough of a pull on the IP pulley to make it move that much.Going to take me a longer weekend trip to Idaho this coming weekend. Paint on the Project car. Looking to surpass that 46.1 average I have going with Kingery. His average is tanking now that he played with the pump I see. Touchy lil devils they are. I did the same over the weekend and lost 2.5 mpg. Gotta stop messing with it.i read that and laughed out loud hard enough to cause other to take a stronger look at me LOLi just dont .. i don't use any "lockin tools" not for the cam, pump or nothing.. i mean you don't get a "lockin tool" for the crank, but you still manage to keep that in the right spot (and you cannot even see that pulley durin timin, or at least i cannot)i just get the cam where it's even across it's "lock spot," and then there's a mark to line the right tooth up for the pump, and then there's a mark to line up the crank.once i have them all lined up and i get the belt on, i spin the motor 1 revolution, recheck my marks, lock the cam tensioner down, then proceed to timin the pump.i guess i've done enough mazda timin belts that i've got a feelin for if i've got the right tooth or not.or maybe the lockin devices are for a different procedure?
Yeah, I would think with all the trouble we do have trying to get to that magic moment when it all lines up and sounds right that leaving the IP loose at the tension time would be a little risky. Maybe getting the belt at the right tension, to the half twist point doesn't put enough of a pull on the IP pulley to make it move that much.Going to take me a longer weekend trip to Idaho this coming weekend. Paint on the Project car. Looking to surpass that 46.1 average I have going with Kingery. His average is tanking now that he played with the pump I see. Touchy lil devils they are. I did the same over the weekend and lost 2.5 mpg. Gotta stop messing with it.