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Fool proof timing tape?

Posted By: 69swinger340

Fool proof timing tape? - 08/12/14 05:08 PM

I am on my third timing tape on my dart. The first one peeled the paint off with it, the next one I removed the paint and put it directly on the balancer. That was short lived, both have been cleaned very well. Whats the secret so I won't have to buy a new tape every time I need to adjust my rockers?
Posted By: JohnRR

Re: Fool proof timing tape? - 08/12/14 05:11 PM

Mark the balancer , skip the tape...

What tape are you using ? I have an MP tape on a 383 balancer that I installed on the balancer in the summer or 1999 ?
Posted By: RobX4406

Re: Fool proof timing tape? - 08/12/14 06:08 PM

hillbilly timing tape.

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Number=7263206
Posted By: DAYCLONA

Re: Fool proof timing tape? - 08/12/14 06:15 PM

I've used the MR Gasket timing tape, never lost one yet, but then again I seal the damper with a coat of clear engine paint after applying the tape to a FRESHLY PAINTED/CLEAN damper
Posted By: 69swinger340

Re: Fool proof timing tape? - 08/12/14 06:24 PM

The past two have been MP, this one is a Mr. Gasket. I think i will give the coat of clear on top of it a shot.
Posted By: Cab_Burge

Re: Fool proof timing tape? - 08/12/14 06:46 PM

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I think i will give the coat of clear on top of it a shot.

That is the only way I have been able to keep them on, I use several coats also
Posted By: Dodgem

Re: Fool proof timing tape? - 08/12/14 07:36 PM

Clean clean clean i used lacquer thinner the last times I used tape and it worked great.
Posted By: 80fbody

Re: Fool proof timing tape? - 08/12/14 08:53 PM

Or you could buy a quality balancer & be done with it for good. Also good for engine's longevity.
Posted By: 383man

Re: Fool proof timing tape? - 08/12/14 09:04 PM

One guy told me once he used his wifes nail polish and he said it worked good to keep it on. Ron
Posted By: jbc426

Re: Fool proof timing tape? - 08/13/14 08:33 AM

Do one cylinder at a time. Adjust the intake when the exhaust starts to open, and adjust the exhaust when the intake begins to close a short ways.

Do one side of the car, then the other. Way easier. No tape needed.
Posted By: Pyper70

Re: Fool proof timing tape? - 08/13/14 09:29 AM

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I've used the MR Gasket timing tape, never lost one yet, but then again I seal the damper with a coat of clear engine paint after applying the tape to a FRESHLY PAINTED/CLEAN damper



same here but mine lasted 12 years. I put on another one last season after cleaning the balancer with lacquer thinner....then acetone....then As I laid down the new tape...i laid a bead down of Super Glue and pushed the tape down. Cut a rectangular hole the width of your balancer and 4" long and spray a high strength clear coat from a spray bomb...rotating in intervals to get coverage 3 times. Yeah...I did mine ON the car
Posted By: RapidRobert

Re: Fool proof timing tape? - 08/13/14 11:20 AM

As said: clean the dampener. pull the tape thru a rag with brake kleen. remove backing/install tape. seal it with several coats of clear lacquer. let dry well. OR use the timing tab as a ruler to make new marks & I only need (4): 10-15-20 and my total for my eng type. Never hurts to confirm exact TDC first. The spark plug hole tool is only $10 or break up a spark plug & drill/tap it. On adj your rockers you could bump the eng till the rotor is at the next plug wire (cap terminal) then adj that cyl or measure a strip of thin paper 5.694" with your calipers then use it as a ruler to make 3 addit'l marks around the dampener from the TDC slit then use these new marks to get the cyls' on TDC. Just me I think those tapes look hokey
Posted By: Pntastar69

Re: Fool proof timing tape? - 08/13/14 11:42 AM

Have the MSD timing tape on for quite some time, no nail polish, no clear coat. Sticks real good.
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