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What HE said and same experience.
In my case the loose pulley was destroyed and the snout of the crank damaged.

Unbolt the starter so you can sprag the starter ring gear with a big fuckoff screwstick and tighten the bolt to spec.

Do it right the first time.

Oracle

... the belt and gubbins I realise that I now have to remove the flywheel pulley to get at the tensioner which is hidden behind a cover obscured by ... which is not the case for me. so how in the hell do you lock off the crank to allow you to undo the 19mm bolt that retains the flywheel pulley? ...

... check spark plug holes to make sure valves not off. go to rotate the crank by hand and it moves smoothly a split second then jumps teeth on the belt so i go and check to the cam shaft pulley to find that it hasn't moved an inch. won't budge at all... shit repeated ...

... and there is no way in hell it would have NOT jumped teeth on the cam/crank sprocket and lunched a handful of valves. Does the pulley show signs of rust on the inside? As in, say, sitting in a box somewhere upside down ...

... engine/box out. Quite a bit of oil spray from a long time leaking front crank seal. https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/576442_3626747019887_1010375078_3328446_224872383_n.jpg ... discovered was a badly damaged Woodruff key which locates the lower cam pulley and the front pulley. ...

... are different by a long shot in a CA to an E15 2: What was the initial cranking timing after locking the timing at (blah) degrees and winding over ... still set at 10 degrees and verify that 10 degrees shows on the crank pulley with a strobe. Just unlock the dissy and turn this way and that until ...

... meet the loom, but I really haven't had time to nut it out yet. Bottom (Crank) Pulley http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/8562/fromcamera27910024.jpg Top (Cam) Pulley http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/167/fromcamera27910025.jpg

... tries to lean out.. also has anyone had dramas pulling the timing belt pulley off the fron of the crank? trying to get the crank out n its being a bastard. think ive broken the aluminium crank ...

... need a 10 mill socket and to lay under the car you will see a small pulley undo the bolt( some may need a little encouragement with the perswation ... the bottom has a smaller mark on the block and a small indent on the crank sprocket. Now i dont have an image of that but i have managed to get ...

... detail before tackling such a job. If EVER in doubt you just mark the pulleys and the cases with a texta............ Put the plastic lower cam ... the round dot on the cam pulley. L8r E As he said ^^^^^^ , or on the crank pully (bottom one) line up the timing mark on the sprocket with the ...

... doest run. I tried to turn engine with 19mm socket by applying it onto crankshaft pulley bolt. And it doesnt turning clockwise (turning it CCW i only unscrew it). Then i put ...

... setup is only funky and peculiar due to the very advanced nature of the crank position signal which is in the vicinity of 60 degress BTDC or nearabouts ... Magnetic Reluctor style sensors require magnets embedded into the pulley. They generate a totally different output which is usually a sine ...

... is 10mm movement and there can only be 2 possible directions the pulley can move, forwards and backwards. The only way it can move forwards ... the cam pulley advanced by one tooth to get ignition timing. Is the crank pulley incorrectly located on the crank snout and just driven up against ...

... atempts at pulling it a tooth back i put it smack bang on tdc at the crank and then pulled it a half a tooth forward on the cam witch in theory ... or you dont. Move half a tooth and the belt teeth are riding up on the pulley teeth and not meshed. FAIL. Now, a fundamental mistake for new players ...

... see how we go The cam sprocket is advanced one tooth v's TDC. Set the crank sprocket to TDC, and wind back the cam 1 tooth. Assuming that you are ... mark is on, if its to the left skip the belt foward a tooth on the cam pulley, and vice versa. if the cam belt is excessivly worn/stretched you ...