91 Ls400 Timing Adjustment

[2rotor]

Ok I am getting ready to adjust the "mal-adjusted" timing on my LS. I am thinking of doing it as follows to avoid tearing the whole front end down.. But i have a couple questions first...

Here is my plan minus one step that I need help with..

STEP 1---Remove the airbox/intake to gain visual access to the crank pulley

STEP 2---Remove both the plastic cam covers

STEP 3---Potentially remove the ignition components on the cams

STEP 4---Remove #1 spark plug and get it to TDC

STEP 5---Align the crank pully with the 0 deg mark

STEP 6--- PLEASE HELP!!!!

HERE IS WHERE I NEED HELP

What I want to do is to somehow get the belt loose enough to move the cam over a tooth or two (on the passenger side) where the shade tree mechanic mal adjusted it. The passenger side header glows red so I am pretty sure that is where the timing issue is.. So in theory all I need to do was to remove the covers and turn the cam enough to line it up with the mark on the housing..

Can anyone help with tips and tricks? The belt and waterpump are new.... The engine has about 60k miles on the rebuild (269 on the chassis)

Thanks fellas.

[ko90ls]

look at my post on removing the crankshaft seal for instructions on removing the timing belt. what i would say is to remove the belt from the passenger side pulley then adjust the cam position and reinstall the belt.

[2rotor]

Yeah I have the how to on removing the timing belt.. But I do not want to tear the whole front end down... I just need to slip the cam like one tooth over it appears.........

[2rotor]

Any ideas on how to "slip the belt"?