Toyota Repair: 93 toyota camry timing marks, toyota camry, zero mark

Question
Hello,

First and foremost, I want to thank you for the time and effort you put into helping people on this site; it is a great service that you provide here.

I have a 93 Toyota Camry with the 4 cylinder in it. The front seal was leaking in it, so I had a friend replace it for me. Since he had to take the timing belt off to do this, I told him to go ahead and change the timing belt. Unfortunately, he doesn't know much about exactly how to time this motor. Where are the timing marks? Particularly, where are the timing marks for the crankshaft? Do you have any other hints/things he should know? Thank you very much for your time!

Zak

Answer
The camshaft pulley has a small hole in it, this hole is lined up with a mark on the top of the camshaft bearing journal. The best way to get the crankshaft in time is to remove the #1 spark plug and rotate the engine until the piston is all the way up at the same time temporarely install the lower timing cover and the pulley, set the pulley to the zero mark, line up the notch on the pulley with the zero on the cover)make sure that after the belt is installed the engine is rotated by hand then see if the marks are still lined up and the belt tensioner is adjusted so that the belt is tight.