Chrysler Repair: 93 2.5 L 4 cyl. timing belt installation, coolant temp, postal mail


Question
I just got done removing a timing belt from my neighbors car for them and couldn't find anything about how to set the timing marks to replace the belt. It broke on the run. The books I found said the timing mark on the cam were round holes but this motor has slots. when I set them as the book said the rotor on the distributor was pointing at  number 2 cyl. Is this correct? seems like it should be on number 1 cylinder  

Answer
Hi Dono,
First you have to align the crankshaft mark (round hole on the sprocket with the intermediate shaft mark (a slot on the edge of the sprocket). Then the cam shaft sprocket has to be set so that arrows on hub are in line with the no.1 camshaft cap to cylinder head line; also the small hole in the sprocket must be in line with the hole in the timing cover (vertical center line) in that same position. Then you install the timing belt. There is a tool needed to set the belt tensioner properly (C-4703, Miller tool). Then you rotate the crank two full turns clockwise and recheck the marks. The rotor should point approximately toward the contact of the distributor cap that is assigned to the #1 plug when the engine is set at TDC of the compression stroke of cyl. #1. The distributor can be rotated of course and you finally do set it up using a timing light at idle with the coolant temp sensor unplugged. But I believe that the rotor will "point" physically toward the number two spark plug (approximately) because when you have the distributor at 12 BTDC dynamically that is where the #1 wire's contact in the cap will be located. The distributor ends up with #1 at about 10:30 position, #3 at 1:30, etc.
I don't know if I have helped, so let me know. I can xerox and postal mail the pages if you aren't in an urgent need.
Roland.

I have a '94 Chrysler shop manual that shows these steps