Ok, so the truck isn't a 4x4 but forums are scarce so I thought I'd ask here...

edit. Forgot to say this is the 2.3l inline 4 cylinder engine... I think it's a 4z something.


I bought an '89 Isuzu pup almost new back in '89 and drove it until I thought the wheels were about to fall off then went to trade it in on a new Toyota. They were only going to give me $1000 in trade for it (in '94) so my Dad offered to buy it from me for the same $1000 because he wanted a little truck to haul stuff in.

Long story short, he's run that little truck up to 390,000 miles and it's still running although we don't think it has much left in it. Things are breaking from metal fatigue on the truck and the floorboards and wearing thin on it.

He just changed the valve seals because it has been burning some oil on startup and screwed up the timing when he did it. He got the timing set back right with #1 at tdc, but when I went over to put a light on it for him I couldn't find the timing marks on the block. Whatever the piece is that has the marks on it has either fallen off or was taken off and not put back on as near as i can tell.

I found the mark on the front pulley, but there just isn't anything at all on the block to line it up with so I couldn't time it for him.

Anyone have a pic of at least where the marks are on the truck?

I am going to send him to the upullit Tuesday to try to get the missing part but I couldn't even figure out where it was supposed to mount.

Anyways, if any of you can take a pictures of the marks or knows where a pictures is I'd be very gratefull...