"Forrest" <REMOVETHISrunforrest1@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:kaS2j.65917$RX.22722@newssvr11.news.prodigy.n et:


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> Thanks for the reply ... My problem is that there is no WHITE mark. I
> see the red mark on the advance side and then when it moves over to
> the retard side I get a large space and then a, what looks like a
> zero, another space and then two hash marks. After that it drops off
> into the abyss. The whole surface disappears.
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Your TDC is the "zero" mark on the retard side past the group of three. The
key here is that the TDC mark is all by itself on the flywheel, no matter
what it actually looks like.

You can confirm this with a bent coat hanger or long skinny screwdriver:
With the engine turned to be as close as possible to what you think is TDC,
remove the #1 spark plug, insert the coat hanger so it touches the piston
top, then turn the engine a few degrees either way with a ratchet and 19mm
socket. Watch the coat hanger carefully and make sure it doesn't shift on
the piston. TDC is the top of the bobbing motion.

By the way, the flywheel will not always be installed when the timing belt
is put on. For this reason there is usually a corresponding TDC mark on the
crank nose or crank timing belt pulley, so you may want to take off enough
parts to check for that. If you have the crank TDC mark, you don't need to
do the coat hanger thing.


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