How to change water pump and timing belt for a 1992 Mazda 929?

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how to change belt and water pump

pull all the plastice covers off the front of the engine there are bolts all over he plce so if it wont go look at where its stuck. take the belt tensioners off also to remove the covers. then pull the timing belt tensioner (its on the left side in the bottom above the harmonic balancer sometimes it easier to pull the idler pully first. then pull the harmonic balancer remove the old timing belt. then pull the 7 or 8 bolts off the water pump remove it then replace it in the oposite way. now the fun part. each cam gear has a notch for top dead center make sure they line up with there corresponding nic above each cam on the engine you may have to clean some grease off to find em but they are there. then very very very care fully feed the new belt on. now take the tensioner and get a big crank down c-clamp and compress the little needle thing, then put somthing like a sewing needle threw the holes to hold it down. reinstall it and the idler pully once the belt is fully set pull out your sewing needle and the belt is done. make sure everything sayed top dead center. then put the harmonic balancer back on. then the covers tesioners and distributor. b4 you put the distributor bck on pull the cap and make sure its set to fire on plug number 1. get it all back together fire it up adjust your timing to 12 degrees b4 top dead center tighten the distributor and your done.

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