| Re: Troubleshooting... it won't start!!! |
Subject: Re: Troubleshooting... it won't start!!! by Aboatguy on 2013/1/18 16:43:31 I like driving my vette more than wrenching on it for wrenchings sake; so if my damper was unmarked I'd find top dead center. I can think of numerous quick/easy and effective ways to find TDC. pulling valve cover and watching number 1 cylinder rockers and then using blunt object in the no 1 spark plug hole is one method and ensures your on the firing stroke too) finger over spark plug hole until you feel compression and then use the object in the spark plug hole is a quick and dirty method to find TDC on compression stroke, or simply use my piston stop (since compression stroke really doesnt matter IRT to marking the damper) then I'd mark the damper and use my timing light. Any of these methods would show if you had the opti indexed incorrectly, in much less time than pulling the opti and having an opportunity to mis-index the opti. Good luck Andy. You are close to having it running. Mike (USING DAMPER, VICE HARMONIC BALANCER) |
