So I think that my timing belt slipped off a few teeth and I lost compression. Short story is the timing belt sliped a bit to one side of the came gear, and heated up and stretched a bit, cutting a groove through the belt housing and everyting. Car died just like a broken belt. Opened up the housing and the belt was frayed and about 25% thinner.

I just tore it apart and now I am confused as to how to read TDC at the crank. I only have the Honda shop manual, which it seems to infer that I should already know this. I dont have a haynes manual handy to tell me all the simple stupid ----. so...

how do I figure out TCD at the crank on an F22a4....should there be a mark on the flywheel? :1

 

mark on the timing cover and the crank pulley
get with it son

 

nope.

accords/preludes have timing marks on the flywheel.

 

I thought this was the case, just line up the "Up" mark on the cam shaft straight up, the oil tick mark on the balance shaft and the flywheel mark and Im good to go right?

 

up is not always super straight up
its usually 90 degrees with the head
if you notice the engine is tilted a tad

 

ignore the extra cam :1 the rest is the same.

 

and a word of advise, if you're engine doesnt have the seal retainer I advice you go to your local honda and buy it. It costs maybe 5 dollars and it's cheap insurance to make sure that seal wont walk out on you. the part number is 06923-POA-306

I know many have gone without it, but it's more prone to happen after you have worked on that part of the engine.

 

here's another pic

 

Thanks for the part number. I saw the part in my manual, but didnt know I needed it. Was going to do the water pump too since it was out. So I was in the garage looking at anouther flywheel I have, and I cant see any alignment marks, what exactly am I looking for after I pull the plug out of the inspection hole.

 

they are engraved on there. there's a hash mark and like 2 plus signs, or something like that.

i dont remember.

theyre on flat part next to all the teeth.