AW11 4AGE timing belt issues

[J0RD0]

hey all im in the middle of putting a 4age back together from a bhg, ive taken the timing belt off because some knob didnt get the exhaust cam at tdc. Now i cant seem to get the belt back on??? ive loosened the tensioner right off so that the spring fell off and im kind of new to the whole 4age thing? What am i doing wrong or what havent i done?

[fixeruperer]

cant think of anything your doing wrong, you just lossen the tentioner and put the belt on.
around crank then firmly over the exhaust cam, over the inlet cam then past the tentioner and then tention it up.

[J0RD0]

got the belt back on, now how do i tension the belt up to tighten the tensioner bolt? it doesnt seem to move enough either side to get the belt tight enough

[J0RD0]

also im after some detailed pictures of a stock aw11 mr2's engine bay, not knowing where a few things go, eg . . . wiring, brackets, etc

and if anyone has an online workshop manual for one these thing that would be a life saver

[trdee]

The way we did it on Kyle's and mine was that the tensioner spring is supposed to hold the timing belt at the correct tension once the timing belt is on properly, then you tighetn the nut that goes through the centre of the tensioner and that's it. Are you using a new tensioner and spring or the old one. The old spring may have lost some of its tensioning ability or whatever. In any case you should check the timing belt for flex and adjust tension to suit

What exactly did you want to see in the engine bay? These are the pics I have of when mine was n/a




edit; the bgb is available online though i dont remember where. i have it as a zip file. it's 78mb so i can send it to you through msn but not email.



and i hear ya about BHG 4A's

[mr2gze]

got the belt back on, now how do i tension the belt up to tighten the tensioner bolt? it doesnt seem to move enough either side to get the belt tight enough

Firstly you don't tension the belt up to tighten the tensioner bolt... You should have locked off (pry it as far left as it will go) the tensioner before you put the belt on, then fit the belt. AFter you have the belt in position you release the bolt and the spring holding the tensioner will put tension back on the belt. . . Then you re-torque the tensioner bolt.

also im after some detailed pictures of a stock aw11 mr2's engine bay, not knowing where a few things go, eg . . . wiring, brackets, etc

and if anyone has an online workshop manual for one these thing that would be a life saver

You need to download an aw11 BGB (big green book) workshop manual from here - http://opc.mr2oc.com/

good luck

[J0RD0]

cheers guys i will have another go this afternoon

[Cuzzo]

what mr2_gze is describing is correct.

Push the tensioner pulley towards the water pump as hard as you can (pry bar) and tighten it.

Put the timing belt on and then loosen the tensioner.

Adjust tensioner to correct tension and tighten.