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I am trying to change the timimg belt on my 94 accord. The problem I
have is that the pulley on the crankshaft is so rusted thatI cannot
see any marks, red or white.

How do I find TDC?

Or can I just mark the belt and the gears with whiteout, transfer the
marks to the new belt and line up (like I have read in these groups)
and ignore TDC?

Thank-you.

Matt wrote:
> I am trying to change the timimg belt on my 94 accord. The problem I
> have is that the pulley on the crankshaft is so rusted thatI cannot
> see any marks, red or white.
>
> How do I find TDC?
>
> Or can I just mark the belt and the gears with whiteout, transfer the
> marks to the new belt and line up (like I have read in these groups)
> and ignore TDC?
>
> Thank-you.

in the absence of marks, the white-out solution works great. in fact,
that's oem procedure on many different brands of vehicles.

In article <b6d01ac0.0504061939.616e0496@posting.google.com >, daviesm@gmail.com
says...
>
>
>I am trying to change the timimg belt on my 94 accord. The problem I
>have is that the pulley on the crankshaft is so rusted thatI cannot
>see any marks, red or white.
>
>How do I find TDC?
>
>Or can I just mark the belt and the gears with whiteout, transfer the
>marks to the new belt and line up (like I have read in these groups)
>and ignore TDC?

Finding TDC is not too hard on most cars. What I do is pull the number
one spark plug and then insert one of those disposable chinese take out chop
sticks in the spark plug hole. I then turn the engine with my breaker bar
and watch the chop stick. When it tops out, you have reached TDC. Then you
can mark the pulley with some paint.
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Alex