"Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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> "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.
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> key here is that the TDC mark is all by itself on the flywheel, no matter
> what it actually looks like.
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Well, missed it again. I didn't have a white mark, so thought that one of
the marks on the retard side of the zero might have been white 18 years ago
and used that one. At least it's running better than it was when it was too
far the other way. The distributor would only go so far and ended up being
set a degree or so BTDC. I need a new lower timing belt cover and the local
Honda dealer has to order it. He said it would take a couple of days. I'll
go over there today and order it and hopefully the valves don't cook over
the next few days. I guess, since I have to tear it apart again, I ought to
replace the camshaft seal behind the sprocket. One silver lining, in a small
cloud, is that I replaced the leaking (O) ring on the distributor shaft. The
one on it was so cooked that it broke into small pieces that were more like
carbon than rubber. Thanks for the help.