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I pulled the timing cover and after a few false starts thinking that the gear set was marked wrong. I discovered the problem. Even though the marks lined up perfectly at 12 and 6 o'clock positions and 12 and 12 o'clock positions when rotated through the cycle, I noticed that when either position was set, and I slid the balancer back on, the TDC mark on the balancer was in the 7 o'clock position for either the #1 or #6 cylinder firing position. ![]() And when I moved the balancer to the TDC position this is what the gears looked like: ![]() I know what you're thinking: [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img] Nope, the balancer didn't spin on its hub. I took me an hour of comparing old gears and new and then going back to my old trusty manual.... Turns out that I installed the lower sprocket when the crankshaft keyway was in the 10 o'clock position. That's about 4 hours too early. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img] ![]() The crank sprocket should be installed when the keyway is in the 2 o'clock position, other the cam is waaaaay out of time and the #1 piston is about an inch below TDC. DOH! ![]() ![]() Back to garage to put things back together....again. Sometimes when things go together too easily - it means you must have done something wrong. Hey, come to think of it, I believe the wife put that sprocket on. Yeah, That's gotta be it. |
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