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Bill, Thanks for the very detailed response. I have been thinking about it all day and I just couldn’t imagine that I would spin the crank very far without noticing something. The first thing I did is figure a way to get that crank bolt off and I just decided to try an impact, worked like a champ. I put the key in and very slowly turned the engine looking for any interference other than compression strokes and it seemed to be fine and I rolled it over probably six times to be very sure. I was able to put the timing belt on and all marks line up just fine. The one problem…. I forgot to put the oil dipstick tube back in before I dumped coolant all over it from the water pump, so I’m sure the crankcase has some coolant inside of it. I forgot to do this because the video I’m watching is from a later model where there is no oil dipstick tube. So now I need to dump some oil. Other than that, I think I’m ok. Thanks again

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First, I have to get this bolt off, then put the key back in. Once I do that I will rotate everything slowly.  If there is an issue, should I feel a bind?  If I feel a bind, would it damage anything?

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Thank you for your response I appreciate it. I should mention that I’m actually almost halfway done and I’m ready to take the old belt off. I already did the initial crankshaft bolt removal along with the crank pulley which was hard. I took the covers off and all the accessories I need to get to it. I know for sure by watching other videos that it is a clockwise rotation. My problem is that there comes a point where you put the crank bolt it back on to spin everything and line up all the marks so you can properly mark your your old belt before you take it off. Since I did not put the key back in the crank, I was rotating the crank without rotating the the timing belt along with it ….. does that make sense?

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