timing?

[wannabclone]

ok i call upon the gurus help once again.....how do i set the timming in a motor with no timiing marks on the dampner but there is a grove in the block..second should the ecm be geting warm will tryin to start,..

 

[leroy]

Find top dead center with a piston stop and then make your own timing mark.

I never noticed my ecm getting warm while cranking.

HTH,

Jim

 

[wannabclone]

doesnt the piston come up twice.once compression and exhaust i think how do i tell the differance

 

[leroy]

Hold your thumb over the spark plug hole. It's easy to tell when it's on the compression stroke. An alternate method is to remove the valve cover. Both valves will be closed on the compression stroke.

Jim

 

[TurboTony]

If all you are worried about is making a timing mark it doesn't matter if it's tdc on compression or exhaust. As long as you find tdc.


HTH

Tony

 

[wannabclone]

thanx thats what i wuz lookin for..1 other thing is the brown wire for settin intail timming...i found a brown wire w/white line by the ecu it wuz cut b4 from the past owner...ever time i set timming to tdc nd crank over it seems to jump to the 4th piston where it should by on 1 tdc