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f u z z b o y

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 1:22 pm
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1990 honda prelude
B21A1 2.05L

I am in the middle of doing a head gasket job on my prelude and am
putting the car back together. I am doing the timing belt now and
cannot manage to get the timing belt tensioner to work right. I either
have to pull hard to get the timing belt on, or it will be very loose.
Is there any trick to getting the timing right and the belt back on?
The book I have talks about places to insert 5mm punches so the cams
will stay at TDC. I can get the cams to TDC, but the valves push it off
of TDC. It will not stay, and once I get the belt on, they have moved
slightly so the timing will not be right!

I am pretty lost as far as this timing belt thing goes.
Thanks!

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:23 pm
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f u z z b o y wrote:
> 1990 honda prelude
> B21A1 2.05L
>
> I am in the middle of doing a head gasket job on my prelude and am
> putting the car back together. I am doing the timing belt now and
> cannot manage to get the timing belt tensioner to work right. I either
> have to pull hard to get the timing belt on, or it will be very loose.
> Is there any trick to getting the timing right and the belt back on?
> The book I have talks about places to insert 5mm punches so the cams
> will stay at TDC. I can get the cams to TDC, but the valves push it off
> of TDC. It will not stay, and once I get the belt on, they have moved
> slightly so the timing will not be right!
>
> I am pretty lost as far as this timing belt thing goes.
> Thanks!
>
check out tegger.com for the faq's. you'll find links that tell you all
you need to know.

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:55 am
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"f u z z b o y" <fuzzboy13.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1125260546.980762.326040@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...

> 1990 honda prelude B21A1 2.05L
> I am in the middle of doing a head gasket job on my prelude and am
> putting the car back together. I am doing the timing belt now and
> cannot manage to get the timing belt tensioner to work right. I either
> have to pull hard to get the timing belt on, or it will be very loose.

If you loosen the tensioner it shouldn't be hard.

> Is there any trick to getting the timing right and the belt back on?
> The book I have talks about places to insert 5mm punches so the cams
> will stay at TDC. I can get the cams to TDC, but the valves push it off
> of TDC. It will not stay, and once I get the belt on, they have moved
> slightly so the timing will not be right!
> I am pretty lost as far as this timing belt thing goes.
> Thanks!

The trick is to use good judgement or measuring tools. A square
comes to mind. If the timing are wrong you could end up with
white smoke out the tailpipe. The best method is prevention - mark
the belts before removing them.

I don't see a part in the FAQ that explains how to install a new belt
that will foul up the cam positions. Someone might show you how.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:55 pm
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On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 14:10:51 GMT, "B Squareman" <Squareman.RemoveThis@none.com>
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>"f u z z b o y" <fuzzboy13.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1125260546.980762.326040@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
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>> 1990 honda prelude B21A1 2.05L
>> I am in the middle of doing a head gasket job on my prelude and am
>> putting the car back together. I am doing the timing belt now and
>> cannot manage to get the timing belt tensioner to work right. I either
>> have to pull hard to get the timing belt on, or it will be very loose.
>
>If you loosen the tensioner it shouldn't be hard.
>
>> Is there any trick to getting the timing right and the belt back on?
>> The book I have talks about places to insert 5mm punches so the cams
>> will stay at TDC. I can get the cams to TDC, but the valves push it off
>> of TDC. It will not stay, and once I get the belt on, they have moved
>> slightly so the timing will not be right!
>> I am pretty lost as far as this timing belt thing goes.
>> Thanks!
>
>The trick is to use good judgement or measuring tools. A square
>comes to mind. If the timing are wrong you could end up with
>white smoke out the tailpipe. The best method is prevention - mark
>the belts before removing them.
>
>I don't see a part in the FAQ that explains how to install a new belt
>that will foul up the cam positions. Someone might show you how.
>

If you can't put pins in the cam holes you shouldn't be attempting a
timing belt on a prelude.

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:26 pm
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well, I found the holes after getting the timing belt on correctly, and
they were dead on. I ended up having to move the crank around a little
bit in order to adjust where the tension was at. I am doing an entire
head gasket job, and every thing i have learned about cars has come
from this project. getting that timing belt on CORRECTLY was a really
big accomplishment for me!
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:15 am
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All I can tell you is that the timing belt is a bad thing to be messin with. I just took mine to the shop and had them do it for like 100 bucks, its better to have it done right then to bend your valves because your timing was off.
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