Vince7
New Member
Hello all,I decided to do the timing belt, waterpump, crank seal, and p/s ,alt/ac belts. I had done the crank sensor about 2 months ago and it seemed ok, i made the mistake of not lining up the timing marks before i removed the timing belt "oops" but according to the extensive photos and literature here and my trusty mitchell ondemand 5 it seemed easy enough, i purchased a Gates timing belt it had all the white timing marks but no 3.0 or 3.2 notation so i went by the photos i found here, and everything went great , but i noticed on the rear cam that when i lined up the timing mark on the gear to the back plate i was putting pressure on the valves like its part into the opening of the valves and the front cam was normal in between strokes if you will, so i installed as per desciption lining up the marks and rotating the engine twice and then tightening the belt tensioner, so now the sho seems to be a little low on power and the edelbrocks "mufflers" seem to be quieter than usual, i checked for vacum leaks and the secondary operation , all seems well, i previously had done wires"autolite pro's" plugs "autolite platinum", DIS module, coil pack, valve cover and seals, intake set, gas and air filters and i run medium to high grade gas, the wires and plugs probly have about 3,000 miles on them they are in question , i know what i should be using, when unplugging the MAF things seem to be a little better, i'll have to check for codes also, sorry so long also there is no oil in the plug wells and the plugs are all normal colored, i do get a little bucking occasionally, maybe the MAF is dying, it just seems odd to happen after doing the belts in such... any thoughts would be great....Vince
