What you need is the proper tools. So this is what I've got. From the top the flywheel locking thing that bolts through the starter motor opening, below that the camshaft locking bar that slots into the far end of the shafts, then the pin that is used to position the crankshaft and the tool that locks into the variable cam timing stuff.
Here you can see the locking tool in place.
The procedure is well described in a number of YouTube videos so you don't need me to tell you!
The mistake I made was to think the crankshaft pulley was keyed onto the shaft 'cos it isn't. Very disappointing.So when I was turning the crankshaft via the flywheel to align the cam with the tool the pulley just spun on the shaft. There was some minor contact between piston and valve bit hopefully not too much. We'll see later!
New belt installed with a new water pump and the engine turns freely. Just need to put all the covers and a new auxillary belt back on and thats the engine sorted out.
Freeing up the wiring loom next.
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