Find no1 piston and remove the spark plug. loosen of the cam shaft bearings to prevent valve damage when turning engine . Turn the engine over by hand until the no1 piston is coming up on exhaust stroke ( find this by placing your finger over no1 plug hole and turning the engine over until you feel pressure under the finger. Watch for the timing mark on the crank pulley /Sprocket. Once you have established that the piston is at TDC rotate the crank 360 degrees as this will now be the exhaust stroke . Watch carefully the exhaust rocker and the inlet rockers for no1 piston as it is coming up to TDC. you will see that the exhaust rocker will be coming up and at a point the inlet will start to go down IT is at this point when a bit of crank movement either way rocks the ex and inlet together ( valve overlap) with the crank on TDC that the cam shaft will be timed to the crankshaft
thank you so much bill boyd for helping me out .you dont know how much this means to me.you taking time ot to help me.i will surely retun the favor someday if at all possible.you have my utmost respect.again thankyou
again thank you so much
IN one of your comments you mentioned that it was a saab engine so I checked my reference books for saab and have this information for you.If it is a twin cam unit 1994-2003 the cam timing is by a tag on the inside of the bearing cap on the cam that lines up with a flat on the top of the cap (both shafts). Balance shafts have a notch on the shaft that line up with the notch on the back of the plate.If it is a v6 dohc the timing mark are by dots on the sprockets that line up with coloured links on the chains. ON a 2.0l turbo 2003-2011 dohc the keyis at thye 12oclock position (there is a dot on the front of the cam lobes and this will point towards each other at around the 1oclock and 11oclock poisiton for tdc with the piston. ON v8 2005-2009 the timing marks are on the sprocket face as a dot and will be facing down towards the crank which has a dot on the sprocket facing up at it. I hope that this has been some help and if you think saab is bad, think about audi that drives one cam from the back of the crank through a chain that drives the other cam through a belt at the front. You really have it easy.
MY ENGINE IS THE SAAB 2003 93 2.0T IN A LINEAR SEDAN the caps so far i have found no kind of markings on them i found some online that showed the caps had a notch in them and then the cam had a line in it that you could line up like you said at 12 oclock i was trying to send you picks of mine but cant get them to send on here but i will tell you BILL BOYD that i do thank you for everything oyu are trying to do to help me with this and i beleive that sooner or later we or you one will figurte this out.i use to i had the extra money to buy these tools needed but ive had to have kneck surgery and other isssues so as of right now money is extremely tight and i need the car as soon as possible.others on here will only say you need to by the tool and blow me off but not you i can tell that you are a genually good hearted person for you are trying all ways possible to help me with this and good karma will come back to you for helping me with this and i for one will help you with whatever i can that i see you post on here .friends are hard to find this day and time and when you do meet one you better keep them as friends because they are far a few these days,AND THANKS AGAIN BILL BOYD FOR ALL YOUR DOING AND ALL HELP IS VERY WELCOM WITH THIS CAR .SAAB IS A BEAST OF ITS OWN AS THEY WOULD SAY NEVER MEET ONE I COULD NOT TIME BUT THIS ONE HAS STUMPED ME BUT YOU ARE HELPING ME GET CLOSER TO SOLVING THAT PROBLEM AGAIN THANKS
If you care to send me your e-mail address I have photos and text that I can send you as I am having no luck in attaching them to the comment box.
yea you can send them to [email protected] and i do thank you for everything you have done to help me sincerly
[email protected] again thanks so much
send me anything you think will be of help to me. [email protected]
sorry its- [email protected]
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THIS IS ONE MESSED UP DEAL WITH SAAB HAVING NO KEY WAYS IN THE CAM SPROKETS BECAUSE ONCE YOU UNBOLT THEM YOU ARE JUST GUESSING LIKE CRAZY AND WILL WARP YOUR VALVES IN A HEART BEAT IF YOU GET THEM WRONG GUESSING .HOW STUPID WERE THEY WHEN THEY DESIGNED TIHS SET UP .AND THE 250.00 TOOL I WOULD ASSUME IS THE REASON THEY DID THIS JUST FOR MORE MONEYAND SOMETHING YOU WILL NEED MAYBE FOR A ONE TIME THING
I KNOW SOMEONE UOT THERE HAS A PIC OR HAS DONE THIS THIS OLD SHADE TRRE MECHANIC WAY BEFORE JUST A MATTER OF FINDING THEM AND I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET .THIS IS FIRST EVER VEHICLE THAT I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO TIME SCARES THE CRAP OUT OF ME LIKE THIS BECAUSE ONE WRONG TURN AND ITS ALL MESED UP ALL THE WORK YOU HAVE ALREADY DID AND THAT WOULD REALLY SUCK SO IF I CANNOT FIND SOMEONE ON HERE TO HELP I GUESS I WILL BE SAVING MONEY FOR A WHILE TO BY THIS TOOL AND AL IT DOES IS HAS THE SHAPE OF THE CAMS MADE IN IT TO WHERE THEY SIT AND THAT 250.00 DOLLARS FOR THAT TO ME THATS A RAZY PRICE BUT THEY KNOW YOU GOT TO HAVE IT IF YOU ARENT OR DONT HAVE ANOTHER ENGINE JUST LYING AROUND TO GO BY .SAD DEAL SAAB ON YOUR PART AND MAKES SIMPLE AND SKILLED MECHANICS SHAKE THERE HEAD
thank you sincerly from the bottom of my heart .this car was about to drive me insane.had no refrence poins to go off of.ill tell you saab is one funny car dont know why they did them like this.but i sincerly thnak you from the bottom o my heart for taking your time to help me with this.and i will return the favor to you i at all possible.again thank you
send them to- [email protected] and i do thank you again for all that your doing my friend
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