Timing marks ????

[JShadzi at aol.com]

Here is what I recommend, line up the crank with the flywheel, the mark on the crank pulley is not reliable.  

The cam should be lined up with both #1 cam lobes facing up, and the dot on the back of the cam gear lined up with the top of the valve cover.  The distrubutor should be lined up by centering the rotor contact on the mark on the dist., spinning the distrubutor to get it started is a poor way to line up the dist, when lining it up properly is so easy.  The dist. should be lined up after the cam and crank are set.

HTH,
Javad

In a message dated Wed, 25 Jul 2001 11:18:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "Iain Atkinson" <iain.atkinson at tesco.net> writes:

> don't use the front marks use the rear ones on the flywheel/bell housing,
> then (i presume it's a 5 cyl)there is a mark on the cam wheel that should be
> in with the top of the cam cover gasket. Best thing to is mark these marks
> with a dot of whote paint so they are easier to see. There is also mark on
> the dizzy if you ake the cap off that denotes no 1 cylinder @ tdc (i think).
> have you moved the dizzy at all or changed a cambelt or something. Common
> mistake is that it throws out the ign timing, best way i have found is to
> get someone to turn the car over whilst you rotate the dizzy to get it to
> fire.
> 
> 
> Iain
> 
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> Subject: Timing marks ????
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> 
> At TDC #1 on an '83 CGT where is the cam timing mark supposed to point?  The
> haynes manual states that it is supposed to be "in line with the pointer on
> the oil-pump housing or timing belt lower cover."  Does that mean it should
> be pointing off at the same angle as the timing mark on the lower cover?
> Or,
> does it mean that it should point towards the timing mark on the lower cover
> and actually be in a straight line with the the other timing marks????
> 
> Please help my car won't start and everything seems to be working fine!!
> 
> Matt Kramer
> '83 CGT