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Hello all,
I may have made a bit of a silly **** up
I'm currently gathering parts to rebuild a 7A engine. No tuning, I've said 'no' to myself because i know i would get carried away but the rebuild will be more of a refresh returning it as close as possible to factory after its 210,000miles.
The engine is now on the stand but I didn't pay enough attention to the flywheel position when taking it off and when i found there was no keyway or locating pins, i now have no way of knowing what position it needs to go back in?
Reading extensively on here about balancing i see the flywheel, crank and front pulley are all externally balanced together and because of that - it means you can't just freely swap flywheels over as it would upset balance. Im not swapping but am worried for two reasons...
If it goes back on in the wrong position it will mess the balance up
If it goes back on in the wrong position the engine won't run as the timing pin will be in the wrong place.
My plan is to refit it near to the end of the build with the timing belt back on and time the engine so #1 piston is TDC and the O mark would be visible in the gearbox timing cut out. The should resolve the timing pin issue and by default sort the balance out as well?
I'd be interested to hear if there is another more exact / factory solution or the product of someone else's as i am clearly lacking experience and struggling to find it with the search button!
I may have made a bit of a silly **** up
I'm currently gathering parts to rebuild a 7A engine. No tuning, I've said 'no' to myself because i know i would get carried away but the rebuild will be more of a refresh returning it as close as possible to factory after its 210,000miles.
The engine is now on the stand but I didn't pay enough attention to the flywheel position when taking it off and when i found there was no keyway or locating pins, i now have no way of knowing what position it needs to go back in?
Reading extensively on here about balancing i see the flywheel, crank and front pulley are all externally balanced together and because of that - it means you can't just freely swap flywheels over as it would upset balance. Im not swapping but am worried for two reasons...
If it goes back on in the wrong position it will mess the balance up
If it goes back on in the wrong position the engine won't run as the timing pin will be in the wrong place.
My plan is to refit it near to the end of the build with the timing belt back on and time the engine so #1 piston is TDC and the O mark would be visible in the gearbox timing cut out. The should resolve the timing pin issue and by default sort the balance out as well?
I'd be interested to hear if there is another more exact / factory solution or the product of someone else's as i am clearly lacking experience and struggling to find it with the search button!
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