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Not enough info,
stock cam?have the carbs been worked on, adjusted, are they running right?
If you are reasonably sure all the other stuff is OK,try timing it by ear until it will idle even close to OK, then go from there.You can TDC the motor carefully with an old pushrod (makeshift piston stop)and see if your dampener is close to the zeo TDC mark.
Hope this helps.
Quote:I used the KISS method on determining ifthe balancer is correct, pull the #1 spark plug, have someone else tap the starter a little at a time while you hold your finger over the spark plug hole and have them tap the atarter until is starts to blow your finger off the hole, stop there and use a long thin srewdriver to insert into the sparkplug hole and rotate the motor over until the piston reaches the top of its travel, rock the crank back and forth several times to get it where you think TDC is and then look at the timing cover marks and the balancer marks
Not so simple, unless distributor went in the first time after setting TDC with a piston stop or before putting on the heads!
The answer to your (OP) p4roblem is simple to say, harder to do - find the REAL TDC. Needless to say, it cannot be done with the marks on a harmonic damper. It can be done reasonably close with a piston stop, a Sharpie, and measuring tape.
R.
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Not so simple, unless distributor went in the first time after setting TDC with a piston stop or before putting on the heads!
The answer to your (OP) p4roblem is simple to say, harder to do - find the REAL TDC. Needless to say, it cannot be done with the marks on a harmonic damper. It can be done reasonably close with a piston stop, a Sharpie, and measuring tape.
R.