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JimNNN · 04-09-2019, 05:38 PM

Thanks for the photo, dmsfrr. I saw something similar to those markings, but they were barely discernible from the scratches and road wear marks on the pulley. Nowhere near as obvious as those. I guess I'll mark them with chalk and get the first cyl near TDC again and see how close they are. Lifting the car is a good idea. I'll try again in the next few days and see what I can manage.

I'm pretty sure I had another car set up like this and I think I remember hearing that the marks were extremely shallow because making deeper marks would through the pulley out of balance and hurt things in the long run. I have no idea if that's true.

04-09-2019, 05:38 PM	#28
JimNNN Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 522	Re: 1965 Thunderbird engine colors (etc.) Thanks for the photo, dmsfrr. I saw something similar to those markings, but they were barely discernible from the scratches and road wear marks on the pulley. Nowhere near as obvious as those. I guess I'll mark them with chalk and get the first cyl near TDC again and see how close they are. Lifting the car is a good idea. I'll try again in the next few days and see what I can manage. I'm pretty sure I had another car set up like this and I think I remember hearing that the marks were extremely shallow because making deeper marks would through the pulley out of balance and hurt things in the long run. I have no idea if that's true.