SO CLOSE AND YET SO FAR! AND THE WANKER AWARD GOES TO ME ME ME!
Well I found my mistake was I aligned the crank to the wrong arrow (there are 2 and I used the one on the right, not the left …so this morning I pulled the belt again and redid the alignment and reinstalled the belt. It started fine. Shut it down right away.
Soon after and then as I went to put the cover back on I found I made a very BAD MISTAKE in that I failed to remove the alignment pins for the cams. So the good news is I believe they did not damage the aluminum casting too much (I can still see the holes if I shine a light on them. BUT the pins are bent over in back thanks to the fact they were mild steel. so I cannot remove them without removing the belt gears and of course will need to redo the cam belt installation after I do that.
Any tips on how dig out of my despair at MY CARELESSNESS to fix this mess would once again be very welcome.
