Cambelt & timing marks

Hi folks,



fitted my new cam belt, and manually turned the engine over a few times after tensioning it - as standard.

Timing mark now looks to be maybe 1/2 to one tooth of depending on where you think the measure should be taken from.
This is how it currently looks:






Bottom pulley is at the correct position:



You can see from the first photo that if I moved it round then it would be pretty much in line with the top of the head casting - not the cam cover. Hyanes manual indicates it should it should be in line with the cam cover.
I guess that when the belt is tensioned it will rotate the cam sprocket counter-clockwise which is probably why it's moved.

What do we think? Move it forward one tooth, or leave it where it is…?

 

Move it, that is if the 0 tdc mark is correct and the dizzy rotor is still centered in the hash stamp, then back it off and re-adjust it to be even with the plane of the head.

My opinion for what it's worth has now changed, I would move it as Brian said.

I'd say you're a tooth out there too, best to change it.  I had the same when I tensioned the belt, spent a bit of time making sure it was right.

Thanks chaps,

I'll have a mess with it and get it right. Easier to do it before I put the engine in.

J