let me explain what i did when i started the manual tensioner fix so you can answer some questions for me. i first took off the valve cover then the bolts for the uper timing belt cover then to get the bottom timing bolt cover off i had to take off the crank pully bolt so i tryed and tryed and tryed to get it to brake loose but i couldnt cuz the crank just kept spinning well i put a screw driver in the camshaft pully to hold everything in place while i tryed to break loose the bolt and when i did that the belt skipped some teeth so i figured the timing was now fucked so i just cut the timing belt so that i diddnt screw it up anymore i then pulled the starter to have access to the flywheel and put a screwdriver in there to hold the crank and finally got the bolt to come off the crank i pulled the pully off and turned the camshaft clockwise so that the up was up and the notches lined up with eachother then i turned the crank pully to the up position but from what iv read you have to line it up on the flywheel is that correct? and how? so i call one of my friends who was initanlly going to do the timing on it when i got the tensioner done and he said that i probably fucked it up cuz i cut the belt and that some of my valves were going to be open and that when i start my car the valves are going to hit the pistons and that i needed to set the timing while the belt was still on but it was set and skipped some teeth when i was trying to remove the bolt like stated earlier so my question is cant i just line up all the marks to tdc and put the belt on and be ok or is he rite cuz he says that hes gonna have to take the cams off and **** because all the pulleys (crank and camshaft) have to be turned at the same time and since they werent they are going to hit eachother even if i set it all to tdc. i dont think it is that complicated do you? you should be able to reset the timing even thought i cut the belt and the timing skipped correct?

 

you'll be fine. the valves open and close with the position of the cam, so as you turn the cam to tdc, the valves will be where they should. To find TDC at the crank, there is a mark on the gear that holds the T- Belt, that should be straight up, lining up with a mark on the block. The flywheel is only used when setting ignition timing with a timing light. Cam timing is different.