I am trying to get the timing belt on my 97 850 base. I have tensioner compressed and all components in place and no matter which way I try the belt seems way short. It's a contitech TB252 from FCP. It seems I'd have to stretch the hell out of the belt to get it on anywhere. Am I missing something? Could it be the wrong belt? It doesn't look nearly this difficult in the videos I have watched. Any help much appreciated.

 

Ya, umm, idiot alert here.... Belt was caught up on tricky little protrusion under crank pulley....

 

Have you checked the little protrusion under the crank pulley ??

Wouldn't it be nice if it was always that simple.

 

Glad you found that. Which video were you watching?