"'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco__@interbaun.com> wrote

> Get him to check the valve clearances by turning the cam(s) over by hand
> while the pistons are at half-mast. Bent valves will have HUGE
> clearances compared to the others. Simple and cheap.

As you get him to grab the cam wheel to turn it over by hand
he'd be surprise to find the cam stuck. Most often the belt
snapped because the camshaft is poorly lube.

Usually, you don't need to get the piston at half-mast. As you
turn the cam wheel several revolutions by hand to visually check
the valve clearance the valves pushes the piston out of the way.
And the odds of it at TDC is close to 1 in 100. If it happens to
be at TDC I'll give you our family horse - with saddle. :-)