[Shotimes] WOO!!! Yet another question....Piston at TDC

[Zach Leahy]

Frank,

Are you going to put the engine at TDC or do you just want to put th
etiming back in the factory location?  If you just want the factory
location follow the info already given, if you want TDC, lemm know and
I will thik more about how to find exact TDC.

Z


On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 23:15:22 -0600, bjshov8 <bjshov8@comcast.net> wrote:
> There is a mark on the lower timing gear and a mark on the front of the oil
> pump that should match up.  One way to do this is to put on the lower timing
> cover and the harmonic balancer and then rotate the crank until the timing
> marks line up.  Another way to do it is to look at the relationship between
> the timing marks on the balancer and the keyway inside the balancer hole,
> then rotate the crank until its keyway is in about the right place, then you
> can find the mark on the oil pump.
> 
> When you get the belt on, you will then be able to carefully study the marks
> on the 3 gears and compare them to the marks on the rear timing cover and
> the oil pump.  If the belt is on right it will be obvious that everything
> lines up.  If it doesn't look right then it isn't right.
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