I've used a #2 phillips and it always went in just one way. As JimBlake says the balance shaft is geared and, as I recall, the pulley can land in two (or four?) different spots when the pin is inserted correctly. Don't pay any attention to the marks on the pulley. And with a #2 phillips the shaft was locked; very little wiggle, certainly not even one tooth's worth.

 

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sorry it took so long to reply, and thank you all for your help, one last question before i slap this pupy together- on the harmonic balancer i have the black sprocket lined with the bottom arrow, now after ive put its belt on and reattached the brass sprocket, do i thin rotate the brass sprocket to align with the top arrow or leave it be?

 

When you say brass sprocket are you referring to the sprocket that the timing belt goes on at the crank?

 

At first I was confused by your photo, until I realized the left-side is actually the top. See the tensioner pulleys...

Right now, your crankshaft is 90-degrees away from TDC, so all 4 pistons are at mid-stroke. That's good. You can spin the camshaft any which way you want without worrying about piston/valve contact.

Line up the camshaft:
Arrow pointing roughly upwards. But the real timing marks are 2 little dimples out at the teeth of the sprocket. Line those up with the top of the head, or actually the top of that sheet-metal cover between the sprocket & the head.

Then turn the crankshaft directly to TDC, namely clockwise in your case. That's opposite the normal rotation of the engine, but it's important that you don't bring the crank through 180-degrees.

Then put on the cam-timing belt.

Line up the balance shafts & install that belt too.

 

alrighty got the belts on and lined uo perfect the engine is turning perfectly smooth by hand but ive run into yet another problem (go figure). when i re inserted the harmonic balancer bolt into that cog to turn the engine i used an impact wrench to put it in like i did with the bottom belt, only this time it re stuck and im having a hell of a time getting it out without the balancer pulley on it, ive tried striking it, pb blaster,a stronger impact wrench ( i put it on with 90 pounds, used a 240 electric to try and take it off) even just took the starter off in hopes id find a locking hole on the flywheel no luck there, im at the point of using a torch to heat it up but im open to any and all suggestions

 

update, with my neighbors help and an acetilyn torch we got that damned balancer bolt off. being that we couldnt find a hole in the flywheel we locked it with a tire iron, dputting this baby back together now, thank you all for your help

 

new problem, got everything back together, but when i try to crank it i hear the starter engage and spin but theres no fire, spark plugs have been gapped and instered properly help!

 

CEL on? Electrical connector behind timing cover plugged in?

 

im sorry, but CEL? and yep all harnesses