Recent content by MartinDa

Well an extra afternoon went into making sure they were, lol. Couldn’t be too sure. Cranked it and everything lined up perfect. Thanks for the help!

Timing Belt Change Ran into a major snag during my timing belt change. I aligned the engine and put the belt on in the order that FSM recommends. However, in order to get the belt on, it leaves my LH camshaft off by just *this* much. The pulley now aligns with the top of the arrow on the timing...

Hi all, I’m doing my very favorite task of troubleshooting electronics issues, this one involving my brake lights. Steps taken so far: P: HMSL light stays on S: Replaced plastic cushion between brake light switch and pedal P: All brake lights stay off S: Replaced brake light switch P: HMSL...

Brake Drum from Hell: Update Hi all, thanks to everyone for the advice. Here's an update to that brake drum issue I was having the other day. After playing around with the star adjuster a little more, I realized that even when the lever is removed, the bolt is so gunked up that I can barely...

I think I've figured out the issue. The access port on my driver side is on the right side of the drum. I had become convinced that the lever would somehow be on the right side, despite the parking brake spring being on the same side. When you confirmed that it's always on the forward side, I...

Drum Brake Job Nightmare Recently my brakes have gotten really low, so after checking the front brakes I moved to check the back. The right side came off with a little hammering, found that the brake shoes and drum both need to be replaced, and moved to the driver side. The drum had a little...