last night my timing belt broke so right now im trying to replace it and its a b$%&h
i just want to know hw to remove the crankshapt pully so i can put the belt on and how to mainly set the timing i think i have it right its a 89 civ 1.5 d15 motor any info would help a lot thanks

 

Buy a repair manual. The torque settings are well worth buying the book.

Search for crank pully - the bolt holding it on is a bitch for some people to remove so there is lots of info on how to get it off if you run into the same problems.

 

trust me the only way to get that bolt loose is to hit it with a impact gun and then if that doesnt do the trick (which usually doesnt)then you and a buddy or 2 will need to get a chain wrench and a big breaker bar to show that **** who's boss.

 

which way does the bolt loosen i keep lookin in the book and it doesn't say counter or clock which way thanks

 

counter

 

go pick up a chiltons from o'riely auto parts for $13 or whatever and buy borrow beg or steal a beefy impact wrench.

i replaced my belt in a few hours taking my sweet *** time
the hardest part was taking off the right side motor mount and putting it back on; not that it was hard, just kinda difficult to work with.

 

Where are you located, I am from Illinois and I'm always open to helping people out with my impact.

 

i live in alb, ga and this damn crankshaft pulley is a bitch.. i tried my neighbors compressor and impact and it didn't budge the damn bolt on it.. i put a screw driver in one of the holes to hold the pulley and it broke a chunk out of the pulley now i have to go buy one.. hey on the brigth ide i can buy some underdrive pulleys know but are they worth it.. im still convienced the bold doesnt come off counter i mean i spen like 6 hours tryin to get that damn bolt off and nothin.. everything else is simple, but any more info on this can really help i don't really ant to go pay a shop tp dp something i can.. if you know what i mean thanks for all the info you guys helped with
thanks

 

you need to find a way to hold the flywheel. i took off the bottom black cover, wedgeda screwdriver in there to hold it from turning. 1/2 breaker bar with a 17mm socket. while someone holds the screwdriver put the breaker bar and socket on the boltbreker bar pointed to the ground, lay on your side and kick the purdee holy living **** out of it. one or two good kicks should break it loose. make sure the socket is on good when you do it or you could round off the bolt. it comes out. you can also try heating it with a propane torch. it's tourqued to 134 ft. lbs so it's on there good. it's actually alot easier with the motor out and trans. off. good luck. also search i'm sure there are some other and probably better ways to do it.

 

i just hit mine with an impact for a minute or so, sprayed some wd on it, let it sit for 10 minutes, hit it again with the impact, 15 seconds later it was off.
500ftlb matco impact.