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I have an ABY engine on my garage floor destined for my 85 quattro. Seemed a good idea to change the cam belt and tensioner while everything is accessible. Problem is, the pulleys have moved slightly in the process and without the gearbox attached I have no bell housing reference to the timing mark on the flywheel. Anyone know of other accurate timing marks I can use to set the crank with the engine out.
Given the engine will need the front apron & lock carrier to be removed for fitment in its new home, then you may as well wait until its bolted onto the gearbox - I'm not aware of any other marks that you can trust with any degree of accuracy.
Need to be very careful with the old stick down the chamber routine - I always find it hard to see/feel when accurately at TDC - but actually as long as the camshaft position can be trusted then its easy enough to line up TDC on #1 with those marks on the cam pulley...
If the existing position of the belt/pulley cannot be trusted I would be tempted to remove the head for proper internal inspection then set the engine to TDC so that a paint blob or whatever can be made on the block wrt position of reference pin on the flywheel (62 BTDC)
EXACTLY! I have changed the timing belt with the engine out and no tranny. Just be sure to be on the timing mark in the crank pulley and in the cam pulley
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