Dorjan

It was just a blown ignition fuse. starts up fine now just been busy so I still need to set the timing ect. but it runs!

yup cranked one turn on the crank or half of one on the cam depending and which your looking at between driver/passenger side belt install. thought you dropped in the distributor at the 0 mark on the flywheel? was that wrong then? how would i correct that then? or is it that the cam should be in that position at TDC? oh and I am not seeing a spark at all now at the plugs or coil anyhow. think i might have fried a part when i was trying to diagnose the electrical before i realized it was the belt though too.

hmm I put on the belts on according to the article and the videos lined the marks up and turned it etc. then after both belts where on i lined it to the 0 mark and reinstalled the distributor pointing at the 1 position. put back in the radiator filled it and all that but its still cranking and not starting. guess i will check for spark and fuel when i get off work. at least i know the belts are on right.

Awesome thanks for all the help guys! Finally got all of the timing belt covers off including the rear half of the covers. The driver side belt was torn through the belt teeth at the crank. Getting the parts I need on my way to work tonight and should have it all installed tomorrow. Will be great to have my Subaru running again!

Had a friend drop by to watch as I cranked the Subaru and the cam is not turning. I got the driver side cover off fine but the passenger side timing belt cover bolts are just slipping when i try to remove the bottom two. how do i go about getting those out?

So about a week ago my 88 dl wagon died as i was driving into my apartment complex. it was cranking fine but was not turning over. checked for spark and there was none at all. I looked at the coil and it was just about to rust through so I replaced it. still no spark so i pulled the distributor cap and cranked it and the rotor was not moving. Figured it was the timing belt. Well this morning i start pulling everything to get access to the timing belts and low and behold they are still good. So i figure I should pull the distributor itself and see if thats the culprit no dice again it spins fine and the gears look good. Now I'm totally stumped any ideas?