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1. Read this post before closing up the timing belt cover:
http://www.brickboard.com/RWD/index.htm?id=1042533
2, Buy an extra cam shaft seal. I found it easy to ruin one on my first go at this job, and Since I had an extra, I had no need to drop everything and hot-foot it to a store. Cam and I-shaft seals are the same. Do them first, to get practice for the crank seal.
3. On the timing belt, where the stripes are. Mark the same spot on the front EDGE of the belt. You will be able to see much better. Use "Wite Out" or Liquid Paper.
4. Be very careful to avoid touching a shaft with whatever tool you use to pull out the seal. Scratching a shaft will make a leak unless to sand it out. I had to use 400 grit emery paper. Took two hours with me bent over the fender. Owww!
5. On the timing belt and the crankshaft gear, mark the spot on both, four teeth counterclockwise from the spot where the double belt stripe touches the make on the gear.
6. The a/c has an adjuster on the front AND the back sides. Rear one is dang near invisible.
7. Do all the belts this time. Labor to get to timing belt is same as replacing all. Be sure the alternator belts say Matched Set ON THE BOX, unless you get them at a dealer. Same size belts are NOT necessarity a matched set.
Good Luck,
Bob
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