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Re: timing a TR4 engine w/ light?

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Subject: Re: timing a TR4 engine w/ light?
From: George Hahn <geohahn@azstarnet.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 14:14:17 -0700
References: <3696E6C8.B25E7457@erols.com>
...If you can rig
> up a way of turning the engine yourself while watching the piston, you
> can line up TDC very accurately.

I usually put it in 4th, stand by the right front wing/fender as push
using the top of the rf tire (easy to push as the tire gives you 2:1
leverage) and you have a good view of the distributor, plug hole and
crank pulley. 

> With #1 at TDC, examine the crankshaft pulley carefully in the area
> under the pointer on the timing cover. The 1147 Herald pulley has a
> dimple there. Bet yours does too!

Or it might be a hole in the rearward lip of the pulley.

Geo Hahn
59 TR3A

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