Timing Belt help

[Golf Loon]

1. 3. 4. 2

Clockwise from No1 which is the one nearest the block

Clutch and flywheel only goes on one way.

Take No1 plug out and look in the top. When you see the piston at the top, your bottom end marks should be at TDC.

[GRN_VAGN]

well tried leads on right way,
cam and crank timing look spot on.
and Loon, when notch on cam lined up with cover, the dot sits at 9o'clock
tried advancing the timing, any more and plug 1 will become a different one.

I did get some pops out of it, then it started and ran for 2seconds, in that 2 seconds there was alot of rattle noises from in engine :S

[Jarred]

If it were me, i'd be adjusting the dissy, till it fired and ran,.

I was able to run and drive an old 1.6 with the timing that far out it wasn't even funny.

[GRN_VAGN]

tried that, i turned it a good 1/4 turn, nothing.

[Campaign]

My goodness, what an ordeal. I hate it when that happens to me - a job that looks straight forward gets hung up on one detail – it usually has me feel sick and racking my brains to work it out – round and round over the same thing. Good luck and keep going.

If its any consolation - when I first got my car I fitted a new cam belt. 6 years later when I replaced it I found that it had been one tooth out all that time - boy it runs smoothly now!

[GRN_VAGN]

it is a pain yes, what makes it worse is i got a KE55 corolla, was hoping to sell it as a rolling shell cause motor packed it in... got no takers after 8 weeks so i slapped together a motor, some new gaskets, headskim. new clutch. and the bastard runs perfect. been daily driving it for last 5 weeks with no problem.

Ahh well. ill sort it out soon enough. im guessing one of the cam or crank shaft marks are wrong. but i cant tell which.

its defintely at TDC on piston one, made sure by putting a pen in and watching for the highest point.

so it has to be cam, but going by what net says, and what the manual says. both valves on cylinder 1 should be closed, and cylinder 4 ones should just be about to open.

meh i dunno. mechanic time i think

[GRN_VAGN]

Quick one

If the Electric dizzy is faulty, will that cause the problems im having?
i know it was working cause ive had it running in previous motor fine.

Might go back to points and see what happens. do i need a ballist resistor? if so, will any one work?

And how does it connect? i know the wire from dizzy goes to the - on the coil, thats it

[GRN_VAGN]

Fixed it!!!

was the distributer!!!.
chucked points one in, turn key, fired