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thanks for the pix and pdf address. the engine is of course a dohc. got the belt back on but turning the water pump didn't give me much in the way of adjustment room. here's my new question: my tensioner has a cam so it actually acts as a tensioner without diddling with the water pump. it has a lobe...

i'm sure you have one by now but fyi my local napa is the dealer for gates brand belts and hoses, don't know if that's true all over the country.

what i've read over the years about syn to regular oil switching is just that the synthetics don't have the same chemistry that keeps the seals swelled, so switching to a synthetic can worsen leakage past a worn seal as another post warned. that said, the guys who make the synthetics have probably b...

had my water pump bearings fail, loosening the belt up enough to possibly do the nasty thing with the valves, but to find out it seems i have to put in a new pump just to run the engine for a minute. anyway, this is how i am approaching it. didn't look too carefully at the old one's orientation and ...