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MikeK · 04-02-2020, 12:10 AM

All plugs out. Find #1 with the timing pin. Now make a paint mark on the pulley and set up a wire or sheet metal pointer for it from a front timing cover bolt. Measure around the pulley with a flexible tape and mark the opposite side, 180 degrees. Crank away!

04-02-2020, 12:10 AM	#2
MikeK Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Windy City Posts: 2,919	Re: Finding TDC for leak-down test All plugs out. Find #1 with the timing pin. Now make a paint mark on the pulley and set up a wire or sheet metal pointer for it from a front timing cover bolt. Measure around the pulley with a flexible tape and mark the opposite side, 180 degrees. Crank away!