Re: Easiest way to find TDC without removing timing cover
[Re: W5Duster436]
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03/19/09 04:50 PM
03/19/09 04:50 PM
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Why would you even post that?
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$8.95 Comp cam part number CCA-4795 Summit stocks it. Order today get it this weekend. The only mod I would do to it is put a lock nut on it and round the tip in a grinder. Do not put a rubber cap on it. If you back off the screw to remove the tool the cap will fall into the cylinder.
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Re: Easiest way to find TDC without removing timing cover
[Re: W5Duster436]
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03/19/09 11:33 PM
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That's ok I'm getting slapped around pretty good this month outside of Moparts. That's why I rather be here today.
Okay update.. It appears that the mark is fine and pretty much right on the money. What's really funny is the first time I bumped it to get close to TDC it landed smack dead on the 0 mark and I looked in the hole and it was right on top. Hand cranked it over and it immediately went on the down stroke.
Now's where the fun begins... I decided I had better take off the back bowl on the carb to verify that it had 80's in there and lo and behold what did I find? 86's!!
I put the original 78's from the front in and took it for a spin. I could definitely tell a big difference and it did hit 7K pretty good in first and took a good bit in 2nd to get there but it does only have 3.91's. Now I just need to recheck lash and watch the FP with a mechanical gauge while romping it. I also have a wideband setup coming to dial it in and hopefully will get this thing going great soon!
Thanks for all your help guys!
!!!! LISTEN !!!! Nobody pays us to come here and waste time typing out information that some of us learned the hard way so LISTEN UP!!!!
YOU CAN NOT CHECK TIMING MARK ACCURACY BY LOOKING IN A SPARK PLUG HOLE
Now your's may well be accurate but you haven't checked anything. That mark could be 10* or more of TDC and you wouldn't be able to tell just by looking
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Re: Easiest way to find TDC without removing timing cov
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03/20/09 02:19 PM
03/20/09 02:19 PM
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!!!! LISTEN !!!! Nobody pays us to come here and waste time typing out information that some of us learned the hard way so LISTEN UP!!!! YOU CAN NOT CHECK TIMING MARK ACCURACY BY LOOKING IN A SPARK PLUG HOLE
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Re: Easiest way to find TDC without removing timing cov
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03/20/09 02:27 PM
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I'm glad I am having a good day today other than the tin gaskets are not sealing my SB(alum)intake but I have a set of fel pro printoseals(#1243) on the way
live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth
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Re: Easiest way to find TDC without removing timing cover
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03/20/09 10:34 PM
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Unfortunately I do not own my own mac tools truck and I don't have the stop
You don't need a Mac tools truck. I thought I posted this earlier, it's EASY to make your own stop, especiall if you have a few tools, maybe a welder, tap and die set, or even some JB weld
Take an old plug
Hacksaw off the crimp where the porcelin meets the shell
Put the shell in the vise and drive out the insulator.
Now depending on welder, tap and die set, or JB weld, find a bolt that will go in/ clear through/ out the front. It's been a long time. Seems to me I used to "fit" a 3/8 nut in the rear of the shell and tack it in there, then run a tap clear through.
No reason you could not "test fit the stop in your engine, when you get the bolt a good length, just fill the shell with JB weld and forget about it for about a day.
Instant stop
Here's one I found on the www that someone made:
I'm not sure I like it, looks light it might "wiggle" some but you could build it this way and either let some of the bolt stick out the back and tack weld it in place, or once again, JB weld the thing
This is more like how I used to make mine:
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