i dont see how marking the belt helps. please explain more. if i pull the belt off, who cares if i get it back where it was... what if i mark the belt, then because of the fact that the pulleys are round, none of the marks line back up on the belt to the pulleys. me just dont understand.
i just have a feeling that if i take the belt off, i wont get the engine back where it needs to be and will end up breaking something. probly already have, but at this point, i just dont want to touch it because i feel like i am gonna be spending money in the near future.(money i dont have BTW.)

if i were to do this, let me know if this would be the process. i would back off the bottom end some, move the cams to TDC or close to it, then move the bottem end? sound good? can i leave the balance shaft belt on?
do i need to replace the tensioner? it is only 1 year old and has less than a few thousand miles on it. it was only in use from like november of 2003 to march or so of 2004.


this is so sacreligious to me. ever since i bought this car, it has alwasy been timing belt this and dont touch anything unless it is in TDC and such. now you tell me to pull it off and start cranking. guess i have moved on to advanced 4g63 201 now.

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