At the risk of posting a lot of chaff to this post, Since I've got the cams exposed, something's been bothering me..
With both cams at the TDC position (both have their markers at the 12 o'clock position), my crank pulley (the inner ring, which is still fine, is pointing at the 5 deg mark, rather than 0.
Everything I've read and been led to believe about cam timing, including an electronic manual on the GS300 suggests that the cams should be at 12 o'clock with the crank pulley at 0. Can anyone confirm this? The engine has always run fine, and continued to do so when i started stripping it down, so I'm thinking logically I should just put the new belt on with these settings, but it seems to go against what I've read..
Any help or advice gratefully received..
Darren