Well some people on here had asked how much above deck it sat, that's why I mentioned the dial indicator.
As I said on my engine, at TDC it totally appears to be above the deck just a small amount,so small that you would need a dial indicator to measure how much above the deck. And then we would have a measurement to use for future discussions.

I only pulled my heads do to stuck valve, so I did not think to check and measure piston deck height, but as I rotated it to check cylinder walls I noticed pistons looked to be above the deck a small amount.

So I understand you don't HAVE to have a dial indicator to tell if its positive deck height but to have an actual number vs a guess seams like a small bit of useful info.

Also zero deck ht and 0.008 above or below is very hard to see by feel or sight.