I don't know the answer to your specific question, but hopefully one of the others here does. Just chiming in because with the help of this forum (lots of info upon searching) I changed my own timing belt and it seems to be running fine - I didn't even set the timing as it seemed to be right on - something I'd like to get to though. I hope you are not off by a tooth, that would be a drag - you should have seen the marks on the case though the manual clearly points them out - I assume you are referring to the timing belt marks inside the cover on the pulleys(?).

Good luck! Nice to see people trying this.


Francis E. Abate
'95 Trooper
'98 MB ML320
'70 MB 300SEL 6.3