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The EA82 of unknown rebuild is now up and running with no snags. Fired right up. Bottom end sounds quiet. Revs to 3k rpm without any snags. No oil or water leaks as yet. After warm up there is a wee bit of intermitant rough idle, and a quick throttle boost has a wee bit of hesitation. Will let it cool down and look at the spark plugs. ALL YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN A GREAT SUPPORT. THANKS

Apparently it is not being understood.. you do not use the arrow when installing the belt! The arrow has NOTHING to do with belt installation. when installing the belt, you need to be using the hash marks (circled in red here) (1st set of images posted by Rampage) Yes, that is exactly how it is supposed to be for INSTALLING the belt.. The ARROW is used for adjusting the valve lash, as described in the 2nd set of images posted by Rampage. Installing a belt, and adjusting the valves are two completely separate procedures.. you need to follow the correct procedure for installing the belt, then move to the correct procedure for adjusting valve lash - they are not one and the same.

in my opinnion sjr would have a better understanding of the older rigs i seen post after post of his stuff on ea81s and ea82s with nothing but good sead about his suff and hes been on here for a long time posting builds and answering questions adf i feel is more ej oriented i personaly never did buisness with ether so i can only offer my opinion

Update throttle cable rebuilt. 4 metres long mounted the key barrel into the cover for the wiring, brake line. ( picture to come ) redid a few earth wires. The car fires up sweet from sitting in race seat. got some brake calipers coming for the back. fixed earth wires that go to dash cluster. All earth wires cut off for some reason. now the dash goes. not far away from driving

I've been running & maintaining these engines since 1988. Several cars. Have not had any problem like this. One used engine had a stripped hole on one of the timing belt tensioner pulley brackets. Steel bolts into aluminum - be very careful to follow the torque specs in the manuals. I suspect those bolt holes were stripped by someone previous to your work, if they stripped easily compared to other similar [steel bolt, aluminum block] things you have dealt with.