Hi:
After much cursing of engineers that think we have 17 elbows per arm, I'm ready to install a new timing belt on my 88 escort wagon. I replaced the water pump (original cause of the problem, I suspect, it is in pretty sad shape - thanks to the engineer that decided this engine should be free wheeling!). Now all I have to do is find TDC and align the crank and cam shafts. The cam shaft is sitting nicely at TDC for cylinder 1 compression stroke as verified by the timing mark on the pully and the position of the distributor rotor. I'm a bit confused about the crank position - I can get it so the timing mark on the pulley points to the timing mark on the case, but I wanted to check something with you all here before proceeding. Since the crank makes 2 revolutions for each revolution of the cam shaft, is there a difference as to which of the 2 revolutions I match to the cam shaft? I'm thinking that it doesn't matter since the crank shaft is the same on each revolution. Please let me know if I'm wrong :)