Mike sent the following mail. Maybe someone else could use the dedtails?
> Hi Val : > I wanted to ask u for advice/ information on the tools u mentioned > in the mail for changing the timing belts on the D-24. You need to get the crankshaft bolt off of the crankshaft pully. The problem is that 450 footpounds is the documented torque on the bolt. First, take a 1/2 drive 27mm socket and put it on the bolt. Next, make an engine holder to go “over” the socket and extention bar. I ended up taking a piece of 2″ galv. pipe, and drilling two 1/2 holes into it across the pipe about 2″ apart. I then took two long 1/2 inch grade 5 bolts through the holes and into the recess of the crankshaft pully. The bolts have to be long enough so that they will go into the pully while the socket is on the bolt inside the pully. The bolts hit the counterweight vibration dimples on the crankshaft, thus allowing you to hold the engine still while you turn the bolt. Get the pully off, and you can remove the front belt. To do the timing after you remove the belts you need a dial gauge.
