Cool, thanks for the replies. fasteddy: here's the thing. Certain things did get turned a full turn. So, when I was attempting to bring the crankshaft to the mark, it came to a hard stop. I'm assuming that was a piston contacting a valve. I was gentle, hopefully gentle enough. So, at the stopping point, I backed off the the crankshaft 1/4 turn or so, then turned the passenger side camshaft. After that, I was able to get the crankshaft into position, then was abble to get the cam back into position, then installed the belt and gently turned the engine over a few times with no binding. I felt 6 distinct compression "resistances" with every complete turt of the crank and the marks all remained aligned.

How screwed am I, if at all??


Mike
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