Hi, Mike --
This was a topic of discussion recently on the Healeys list, and those who
have done what you did said it doesn't seem to matter when they put it all
back together.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC USA
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 1999 10:49 AM
Subject: Flywheel index
> In all the assembly manuals it says to index the flywheel to the
> crank by putting the number 1 and 4 pistons at top dead center and place
> the flywheel on the end of the crank
> so the "1/4" marking stamped into the outer edge, below the ring gear is
> at the top.
> Does anyone know why this is? I had my flywheel machined to remove
> weight and the
> "1/4" mark was cut off. I don,t know the importance of this assembly
> procedure and now I have a 1 in 4 chance of getting it right. Any other
> way of telling where that "1/4" mark used to be?
> Mike MacLean
> 60 Sprite
> 00 Ford F-150
> 99 Mercedes E320W
> 92 Honda Accord
> 87 Honda Civic
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