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Originally Posted by aermotor
Can't see how this "snake oil" device is any better than the time and proven method of dropping the pin in the hole. Thumb over the spark plug hole gets close enough to locate the dimple, as I said before mark the dimple with nail polish or paint than look for it next time with a mirror and flashlight.
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John
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It's not. It's a generic tool for any engine.
Say you are working on a big V-8 from the 60's or 70's and you are going to install the distributor. No hand crank. No timing pin. You have to turn the engine over with the starter and bring #1 around to TDC. This gives you a whistle sound as #1 starts up on compression. You stop cranking and then start bumping the starter to bring the timing mark on the crank pulley around to the timing mark on the block.
A neat idea. I have done it with a finger in the spark plug hole.
