did head gasket now car not starting?
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Sounds like a case of E=I and I=E perhaps? The photograph should be taken from the front, so we can see the cam gears and the plate behind them. Rotate the crank to #1 TDC before you take the picture.
Though I can't imagine how you'd get the ignition timing to be dead-on in that scenario...
Though I can't imagine how you'd get the ignition timing to be dead-on in that scenario...
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The more important one is the cam lobe direction at TDC. I've always been fine doing the timing belt unless I've taken the sprockets off. Why Mazda made it so you could put it on wrong is beyond me.
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We use these little Star Trek communicators called Voceras at work. The moron (read: geek) that designed them decided to make a charger that would fit the unit forwards or backwards, although it'll only charge when facing forward. Same with the battery, except not only can it fit backwards, but it can fit upside down as well.
Another example of idiocy.
Another example of idiocy.