Timing marks ?, gu engines

[EDDY]

Please help.
My timing belt striped a few teeth [cam shaft seized].
I think i can get the crank and the cam shaft at TDC but cant find the marks for the Intermediate shaft [distributor].The haynes manual isn’t very clear.

How do you set the engine up so all the sprockets are in the right place to get the belt on ?

The old paint marks left from doing a cam belt change are too faded to use.

[ld50]

Hi Eddy, did you get anywhere with this? I’ve just had some time to look into this as I thought I had some additional info somewhere.

Well I found it and scanned it – hopefully this is useful. It’s from “Volkswagen Sport Tuning” by Bentley Publishers.

I never found the TDC mark on the flywheel lined up as expected, but there was usually *a* mark which did – just not the TDC mark as specified in this (and the haynes too I think).

This is the book for reference – it’s earned its keep imo..

http://www.vwsyncro.co.uk/?arc=&page=1&size=3&tpxbasketid=&search=documentation&sortby=datelastmodified&sortbydir=desc&cols=3&cmd=show_item&i=1&big=0&gotourl=&p=1.Photos%2F_

[EDDY]

Cheers, nice link.
Managed to get her going !
As the cylinder head was off i got the engine to tdc on no1 cylinder,and so found the small mark on the fly wheel.
Then put the cam sproket dot lined up to the top of the head, then after cleaning the top of the distributor found the notch.
I got her running but the dizzy was right off from before.

After a wee tune up shes runing ok but when shes warmed up i have found no 4cylinder is miss-firing. Its ok if the revs are over 1100rpm ?

I have fitted a reconed gti head so hope the heads not at fault.
I have blanked the holes with pennys and sealer and fitted a new manifold gasket as it sounds like an air leak ?

I will have to do a compression check next i think.

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