Timing belt refitting

[reborn]

Today my loyal friends and I replaced the water pump on the Mk1 (1.6tr). To do this we had to remove the timing belt. We marked them off however when we refitted there was no fire...

Can anyone advise me how to get the timing right? (timing points?)
This stuff should be in the manual right?

Its not leaking any water!

[Golf Loon]

Line up the notch on the bottom end pulley with the mark on the belt cover. Check its right with a screwdriver down no 1 plug hole.

Line up the mark on the top pulley on the cam.
Often the mark is on the inside of the wheel and lines up with the top of the head.

At least its a 1.6 and non interference

[gtimk5]

0 on the flywheel is TDC.
Remove the dizzie cap and turn the aux shaft till the rotor is lined up with no.1 notch in the body of the dizzie.
The notch on the inside of the cam sprocketshould be set to line up with the top of the rocker to head surface, where it sits on the head. That is, to line up with the actual rocker cover, not the head surface.
The adjuster should always be adjusted in a clockwise direction.
By the way, the cam belt doesn't have to be removed to do a Mk1 timing belt.
Good luck with it, and let us know how you get on with it.
Andrew

[Dan]

By the way, the cam belt doesn't have to be removed to do a Mk1 timing belt.

hahaha...Iknow what you meant to say....., I was thinking the 'same' thing as you do not have to remove the timing belt to replace the water pump, you loosen the belt at the alternator.

[reborn]

hahaha...Iknow what you meant to say....., I was thinking the 'same' thing as you do not have to remove the timing belt to replace the water pump, you loosen the belt at the alternator.

Loosen off the alternater... Not to take off the timing belt?!? To drop the waterpump, because it is 'inset' it appeared we had to take off the lower gear. If it can be done how?

Anyway we have followed the steps and the timing should be right now however it will still not fire. We suspect that the severe backfiring has had some effect on the carby which is blowing a heap of fuel out of the breather hole now. A carbie spitting fuel like that is surely stuffed?!?

We will put the 32/36 on it with the new manifold and see if we have any joy.

[h100vw]

If you just replace the pump and not the housing as well then the timing belt gets in the way.

Doing this is false economy as the additional time taken far outweighs the cost of the full pump.

Gavin