i'm going to be putting in a new timing belt in my b18a and my friends are tellin me i'm gonna need a timing gun for sure?? is this true? i was just guessing i could leave my car @ top dead center and swap the belt and it shouldn't effect it if i swapped the belts.. someone please shed some light on this for me.. i have never done this before.
thanks

 

If you are nice and careful, and your crank pulley and cam gears dont move you might be fine without a gun, but really you should have one to at least confirm your timing. While you are at it you could also decide if you want to advance the timing and a gun would be needed there. Personally i would have a gun when doing a belt.... If you have an Autozone around they tend to loan out tools, check if they have a timing gun.

 

As long as you don't touch the distributor - which you don't when you're doing a timing belt change - then no you don't need a timing light.

Read here:

http://www.c-speedracing.com/howto/t...elt/tbelt.html

 

well i'm taking the whole head off cuz i'm switching from a 90 ls head to a 94 ls head.. so that means i gotta take off the distributor.. so i guess i need a timing gun eh... 2 bad iduno how those things work lol

 

yeah, if you are removing the head i would definitly say you need a timing gun.

 

alrite.. thanks for the advice guys.. just wanted to make sure before i start driving it when i finish..