timing issue
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timing issue
I know that it isn't a ford but I need help from the Ford geniuses.
I have a 1997 Mercury villager. I replaced the timing belt. I align the three marks on the pulleys with marks on the belt. I turned the crankshaft by hand with a breaker bar and every two revolution the marks should align again, right? Well, every time it goes around twice, the belt is one notch advanced on the belt.
I have a 1997 Mercury villager. I replaced the timing belt. I align the three marks on the pulleys with marks on the belt. I turned the crankshaft by hand with a breaker bar and every two revolution the marks should align again, right? Well, every time it goes around twice, the belt is one notch advanced on the belt.
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I think it's more important to have the gears lined up to each other. The belt may or may not stay lined up with the gears, depending on how long it is, or how many cogs it has. So for example, if you have 14 teeth on the crank gear, you should have 28 teeth on the cam gear. But if the belt has, say 120 cogs on it, it will exactly line up with the gears once every 7 revolutions around the gears, during which time the crank gear should have turned 60 times, and the cam gear should have turned 30 times.
So the important thing is, if you turn the crank around twice, does the cam gear turn exactly once?
So the important thing is, if you turn the crank around twice, does the cam gear turn exactly once?
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