How to install timing belt with 3.5 V6

TIMING BELT REPLACEMENT - 3.2L & 3.5L V6 -1999 Isuzu Trooper S
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TIMING BELT

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See TSB IB00-S005: 3.5L V6 DOHC (6VE1)/3.2L V6 DOHC (6VD1) ENGINES TIMING BELT INSTALLATION.
NOTE:
Removal

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Disconnect negative battery cable. Remove air cleaner assembly. Remove upper fan shroud. Relieve tension on serpentine drive belt tensioner and remove serpentine drive belt.
Remove 4 cooling fan assembly mounting nuts and remove cooling fan assembly. Remove cooling fan drive pulley. Remove serpentine drive belt idler pulley assembly. Remove serpentine
drive belt tensioner assembly.
3. On Rodeo, remove power steering pump with hoses attached, and set aside. On all models, using Crankshaft Holder (J-8614-01) or equivalent, hold crankshaft from turning and remove crankshaft
pulley bolt. Remove crankshaft pulley.
Disconnect harness connector from right side timing belt cover (if equipped). Remove timing belt covers in this order: right, left, then lower. Remove fan bracket (if equipped).
On all models, rotate crankshaft to align timing marks. See Fig. 1 and Fig. 2
are aligned, No. 2 piston will be at TDC.
If reusing timing belt, mark belt with arrow to indicate original rotation direction. Also place mating marks on timing belt and camshaft sprockets for reassembly reference. Remove timing belt
tensioner, and set aside with push rod facing up. Remove timing belt.
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. When timing marks
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CAUTION: To prevent air from entering timing belt tensioner, tensioner rod must always face up.
Fig. 1: Aligning Camshaft Timing Marks (3.2L Shown; 3.5L Is Similar) Courtesy of ISUZU MOTOR CO.
Fig. 2: Aligning Crankshaft Timing Marks Courtesy of ISUZU MOTOR CO.
Installation

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TIMING BELT REPLACEMENT - 3.2L & 3.5L V6 -1999 Isuzu Trooper S
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NOTE:
This information outlines the proper steps to index the camshafts with
the crankshaft. In the event that camshaft timing has been disrupted, due to timing belt breakage or camshafts/crankshaft being rotated without a
timing belt, this is important prior to timing belt installation. Due to the gear-ration used by each camshaft pulley to drive the camshafts, engine
timing cannot be indexed conventionally.
To compress tensioner pusher, place in soft-jawed vice. Slowly compress tensioner pusher pin until it lines up with the two small holes in tensioner pusher housing. Insert a straightened heavy duty paper clip
through holes in housing. This will hold the pin in it's compressed position.
IMPORTANT: In the following procedure, the references to 9 or 12 O'clock positions
are based on deck plane of the cylinder deck-to-cylinder head mating
surface (as viewed from the front of the engine), and NOT relative to the
shop floor.
Fig. 3: Timing Belt Installation Procedure (Steps 1-4) Courtesy of ISUZU MOTOR CO.
Fig. 4: Timing Belt Installation Procedure (Steps 5-8) Courtesy of ISUZU MOTOR CO.
Fig. 5: Timing Belt Installation Procedure (Steps 9-14) Courtesy of ISUZU MOTOR CO.
Fig. 6: Timing Belt Installation Procedure (Steps 15-21) Courtesy of ISUZU MOTOR CO.
Fig. 7: Timing Belt Installation Procedure (Steps 22-23) Courtesy of ISUZU MOTOR CO.
Fig. 8: Timing Belt Installation Procedure (Steps 23 (Cont.)-24) Courtesy of ISUZU MOTOR CO.
Fig. 9: Timing Belt Installation Procedure (Steps 25-26) Courtesy of ISUZU MOTOR CO.
Fig. 10: Timing Belt Installation Procedure (Steps 27-28) Courtesy of ISUZU MOTOR CO.
Fig. 11: Timing Belt Installation Procedure (Steps 29-30) Courtesy of ISUZU MOTOR CO.

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If you have properly set the timing belt, and properly tensioned it, and are still having problems, it is not the timing belt. I do not have access to a vehicle specific video on replacing the timing belt. I gave you what we have access to.