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Originally Posted by riverhead
My engine conked out and became very hard to start and misses and smokes like hell.
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Did this happen all of a sudden or slowly deteriorate? What color smoke? What does it do at higher RPMs? Can you see air bubbles in the transparent fuel line?
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Originally Posted by riverhead
After a lot of head scratching and removal if rocker cover I deduced it must be the fuel pump drive belt.
It's very loose and I've never changed it.
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What did you find under the valvecover?
The belt should be "loose." Too tight and it will prematurely wear the IP mainshaft bushing/seal, ultimately causing problems from air intrusion.
Should be able to twist it almost 90deg. twisting it with thumb and finger, moderate force.
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Originally Posted by riverhead
So I'm going to check the timing of it but I'm not 100% sure if what I'm doing.
If I get TDC and put the locating pin I the fuel pump will that give me the timing set up so I can put a new belt on in the right position?
It will also tell me if the engine has slipped a couple of teeth on the pump drive belt.
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Best method for checking timing does not use locating pin. Read up, starting here:
http://d24t.com/showpost.php?p=8451&postcount=6