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Timing Components: Locations






1. Install the timing chain drive sprocket to the crankshaft with the timing mark in the 5 o'clock position.





2. Assemble the intake camshaft sprocket to the timing chain with the timing mark lined up with the uniquely colored link (1).






4. Route the timing chain around the crankshaft sprocket and line up the first matching colored link (2) with the timing mark on the crankshaft sprocket, in approximately the 5 o'clock position.





7. Align the timing mark on the sprocket with the last matching colored link (3). Install the bolt finger tight.