Hi all!!! I want to share my adventures when replacing the chain with my faithful friend.
I bought it a year ago with 160,000 km mileage. Now 217000 km. The chain rattled harder and harder. Especially for an oil change (waste about a liter per 12000 km))))
Found parts quickly. The boy from Irkutsk sold for 5 tr. originals. (vvti star, exhaust camshaft star, crankshaft star, tensioner, tensioner guide, damper, lower guide, chain). I think that I was lucky for 5 rubles to buy the originals in such quantity)))
I read the manuals, looked at the pictures, waited a month and began to operate. I will say that I had enough experience in repairing right-handed four-wheeled comrades (Camry 2000 (although not, my first car was handed over for repair), Toyota Hoah 2000-transplant operations valve stem seals, repair of running limbs, Toyota Crown 2000 2jz-transplantation of the knee shaft seal with the replacement of the timing belt (that’s still fun), set it perfectly according to the marks since the 25th, vitz rs 2000 1.5 - which I just didn’t do with it, except for the chain))). In general, with this baggage of knowledge, I decided that it would not be difficult to operate on VITKA. I bought oil, filters, antifreeze, an oil seal and a key for every fireman.

I chose Saturday as the day of repair. And so, let's start with.

We raise the wheelbarrow as high as possible. I used a rokhlya (mega cool jack). I must say right away that you need two jacks, because. you have to raise and lower the engine. Or a chock then a jack.

Remove the right wheel. Engine protection - right side. I didn't do it according to the manual. I love to improvise. We don't touch the stand.
I decided to remove the pallet because. the chain cover is sealed to the pallet and I thought it would be complicated and not neat. Plus salt the oil (it turned out to be fucking simple (this is my missing liter, I thought)))) To do this, I unfastened exhaust pipe, removed the aluminum crap, removed the pan. Horror. Sealant smeared a ton. Fu Fu Fu. Washed with karcher.

Painted. Nothing without creativity
We continue the conversation. I looked from below, it seemed that the conder would interfere with 3 bolts, it doesn’t interfere))) By the way, it’s very important to buy a VD-40. Helps a lot. I puffed on the crankshaft pulley bolt for 2 days in a row. I read horror stories on the Internet, how people's hands are torn off, blood is shed in the battle with this bolt))) I was most afraid of not unscrewing it.
Therefore, I did not start with a pallet, but just with a bolt. I just forgot))) So, either the VD-40 helped so much, or luck, but the first time he did not succumb. A collar and a reinforced head by 17 on the bolt, we rest the key handle on the drive. ahh.

We unscrew the candles, and unfasten the contacts from the coils to avoid buying new ones. We fire the ignition. I didn't succumb. Got upset. Thought...
He took off the belt. Tryn, and you're done)))) Uraaa, I thought)))
Everything. Remove the valve cover. We unscrew the hydraulic pump, as well as remove the conduit to the side. Remove the pump pulley. We unscrew the roller .. Buy the bearing right away. For him, for any pi...

Remove right engine mount. 5 bolts on the top, a nut on the bottom, two bolts on the side and a nut. Unscrew the pins. Remove the valve cover. I put on a film, so as not to litter by accident.

We unscrew the bolts and nut from the timing cover. Pry off the sealant with a screwdriver. We remove the tray. And we see this:

After replacing all the spare parts, it should look exactly the same: the marks on the stars should look straight up, and the pulley mark should hit "0" and not "10" or somewhere else.
We remember how things should be. We remove the tensioner and immediately the intake shaft rotates a few degrees.

It's OK. Everything can be fixed.
We capture all the details. We put new ones. We put on a chain. And this is where I ran into problems. They did, but not right away. I put the chain on, aligned the yellow links of the chain with the marks on the stars. Installed a tensioner. Released the stem and got this:

Didn't pay attention. I tightened it all up, sealed the washed cover and put it on. I tightened the bolts .... And then I saw in the box with bolts the star of the position of the knees of the shaft. ...yayayay, I thought...
OK. He took off the lid. Dressed as a star. I sealed the lid and screwed it on. I figured out the pulley, it doesn’t hit zero, but at 10. When I tried to return the intake shaft to its original position, I turned it with an adjustable wrench, already with a chain, and released the tensioner. This whole thing fell apart. .... la, I thought. Unscrewed, removed the cover (naturally, all this with rubbing off the sealant both from the cover and from the block.
Tried to fix this whole thing. Does not exceed. He took off the chain. .... went to bed, because the sealant was over)))) in short, I was able to properly dress the next morning. All night I thought about how to do it.
The order is this: the pulley is strictly to zero. We do not remove the pin. We combine the yellow marks on the star of the knees of the shaft, Then we pull the pump oil onto the star (it seems like this star turns the oil supply pump))) We pull it so that there is not the slightest sag. Then we pull on the graduation star. Yellow marks converge, but very difficult. No sedative is required. He will interfere. We put the lower guide, and the tensioner guide, and we put the tensioner itself on the stud. We pull the chain onto the intake star, turning the camshaft with the key so that the mark on the star looks up, plus the yellow mark on the chain is in place, plus there should be no slack between the stars. We press our hand on the tensioner guide and lower the rod. Ready. The manual is very simple. Only here it is difficult to make everything fit together, and there was no sagging of the chain. And what threatens such a sag, I think it is not necessary to explain. It's easier to do both. I did one.

That's all. We collect everything back. We don't forget anything.
I have one bolt left for 12. I double-checked everything 10 times. Could not find. Filled up with oil. The filter has been changed. Air. Candles. Crossed himself. AND......
Wound up with half a turn. Warmed up. The beauty. Doesn't make noise at all. Ride. It doesn't pull at all like it used to. To celebrate, I changed the antifreeze with a complete flush and emptying of the engine and radiator.

Now I put pressure on the sneaker without fear for the dviglo, and I imagine that I am on 2jz as in the old days. I note that before the replacement, I was not gaining speed at 130 and above. Now it is very confident and much faster, without the intense roar of the motor. In general, the engine revived. At the time of writing the report skated for 4 days. I hope my report is useful to someone. Do not judge strictly for a large amount of writing))) All the best)))