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« Last post by ORCoaster on February 22, 2024, 10:10:02 pm »
DO NOT TRY YOUR STARTER ON THIS YET!!!
Get it checked for timing, that means you need to pull the valve cover and align the cams if you can. Lobes of the first or last cylinder, #s 1 and 4 should be in the horizontal position. The IP plug should be able to get in the timing hole. I use a 3/4 inch carriage bolt for that pin. The plastic plug on the end of the engine needs to come off so you can see the timing mark for TDC.
Watch some U Tube videos, and GET A BENTLEY MANUAL, it will be used well in the future. But if this engine has jumped time and you hammered that valve with the piston it will be toast. It may already be that. IF not the clearance between the valve stem and the cam follower will be off. Measure that if you can.
Don't want to alarm you but you are wading in potential doo doo here. So many times I have read or heard of valves kissing the piston because of a poor timing belt job and it just shouldn't happen. If the timing is off you will need to loosen the cam nut and get the pulley to spin freely. Tapping it with a punch from the back to the front is normally the best way to do that. The shaft is beveled with no keyway to keep it in place.
IF the pulley isn't free when you go to put the belt on if replacing it you can't line it up right and will fight forever trying to do so. Moving the pulley with the IP solid and the crank at TDC is what makes it all go smoothly. Then when tightening the belt with the tensioner you will see it move slightly as well.
Best of luck, Not a good beginner story but you can keep out of trouble by making sure it rotates freely by hand four times around. You were mechanic-smart trying to see if it would roll over by hand instead of hitting the starter.
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