The legacy I just bought needed a water pump and a timing belt when I got it.I have it torn down,the water pumps in but I cant seem to to get the stupid timing down right.Ive spent like 6 times trying to get it just right.Everytime after I pull the pin out of the tensioner and rotate the engine over twice, the belt is off by a tooth or so.I am about to just say hell with it and run it with the timing off. Its getting really annoying taking everything apart,compressing the tensioner,putting it all back together just to pull the pin and its off.I dunno I suppose I could set the left cam one tooth more than what its supposed to be so the tensioner pulls it where its supposed to be.I dunno.What am I doing wrong?

 

I am worried about stripping the aluminum...

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Look at the timing belt FSM set all the sprockets to the correct marks and put the idlers and tensioners in the order shown. It is very easy :s

Before you pull the pin, do you position the tensioner all the way it will go to the left?

 

Permacoil IMO is easier to work with than Helicoil. Holes are either 8x1.25 or 10x1.25 depending on which you strip out.

Edited June 11, 200916 yr by john in KY

Got the timing belt set.I think. Whatever, its how its sitting.

 

How can I tighten the crank nut all the way?Ive tried torqueing it but the motor just spins,And that with it in Reverse with the handbrake fully up and someone pressing the brakes through the floor.Sure the whole car growns trying to hold back the torque but I just cant get enough swing to torque it more than about 100 ft lbs of torque on the nut.Is there some sorta trick to locking the motor like the pin in the flywheel trick for the older subarus?Or should I try stuffing a bunch of rope down one of the sparkplug holes?

Put it in 5th gear. If your clutch is slipping you have a new thing that has to be replaced. There is a access hole under the TB you will see a little rubber cap. 100-140ft-lbs should hold. Did you put a bit of oil on the threads to?