Red Sleeper
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Damn, thanks!
X3 on the harmonic balancer bolts If you cant use a baring tool..
I can't get to the harmonic from the bottom, and to get to it from the top I have to pull fan and shroud.
even in 5th gear you cant turn it over? thats how i did mine
Nope. My cousin and I were both trying and it wouldn't budge.
I put a 3/8" socket bar in the serpentine idler/tensioner, and lean on it a little while pulling the alternator pulley bolt (backward engine rotation).
I also scratched a reference mark in the damper where it just intersects the very edge of the serpentine belt. That way I don't have to mess with the timing-pin. Get it there once, adjust half the valves, roll it over 360* and set the other half.
I like this idea the best. I'm going to get a new belt today and give this a try.. Even thought about jacking up the rear and putting a pipe wrench or pry bar on the yoke of the trans and trying to turn it that way... The truck is a low buck project, trying to make do with what I already have and spend as little as possible.. Just a personal goal.