not sure if people wanna know but there are a few really important differences between early throttle body engines and drive by wire engines

one of the main ones is the crankshaft positioning wheel on the crankshaft,
you have to take the timing cover off to get to it,

Made a Tool to remove end pulley that worked a treat




then had to loosen all the sump bolts to remove pressure from the timing cover, remove the serpentine belt tensioner to get to the wheel.

throttle body engine wheel:


drive by wire engine wheel:


notice how much smaller the lugs are and there are more of them,

both wheels together:

 

Glad you got it worked out in the end

 

Like that Rob ... proper mans tool

 

cheers mate,
people on here said its a real struggle to undo the bolt so the longer the bar the less effort involved
It was so easy to undo using this MAN size tool