Re: [DML] Re: Timing marks on crankshaft pulley

[Jim Strickland <ihaveanaccount@xxxxxxxx>]

1 and 6? How could this be?  From the timing sequence, 1 and 6 fire
"together", and are just a few degrees off.  

Jim
1537

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 17:22:49 -0000 "content22207"
<brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> One mark is TDC Cylinder #1, the other is TDC Cylinder #6. PRV
> wierdness (it's a good engine, but definitely has its quirks).
> 
> The two marks are 150 degrees apart. Look at the pulley with them
> located  2:30 and 9:30 -- TDC #1 is to your right and TDC #6 is to
> your left.
> 
> If your timing scale hasn't been monkeyed with you should be able to
> time the ignition off whichever wire is easiest to access (you may
> find that to be #6).
> 
> If your timing scale needs to be re-indexed, the PRV does have a 
> nifty
> way to do so: on top of the engine are two block plugs. The one
> closest to the front (our back) accesses the oil galley. The one
> closest to the back accesses a crankshaft counterweight, into which 
> an
> 8mm indexing hole is pre-drilled. Rotate the engine close to TDC #1
> (no more that 20 degrees BTDC) and insert a foot long 5/16" drill 
> bit
> through the rear hole. The bit will ride on the counterweight.
> Continue rotating the engine until the bit drops into the indexing
> hole (8" or so down from the top of the engine). Cylinder #1 is now
> TDC, and the timing scale can be positioned accordingly.
> 
> Crankshaft pulley is of course keyed, and does not have a harmonic
> balancer, so you shouldn't ever need to worry about the timing marks
> themselves.
> 
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
> 

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