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| Originally Posted by Spjallen Think I've worked it out. The flywheel has a punch mark which I should have aligned with the crank. Pants!! |
You could leave if you want. Line the pully dots up and fit the belts. Tension the horizontal belt. Stick a straw in the spark plug hole of the vertical belt. Turn the engine by hand/wheel until tdc is reached, your best guess will do. The dot on the pully will be roughly around 5 oclock. Tension the belt.
Basically it's to avoid getting a false tension on the belt because the helper springs can apply some pressure on the belt if it's not a tdc.