| New timing marks [message #331653] |
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Matt Colie
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Registered: March 2007
Location: S.E. Michigan
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While I am looking at the bottom of my engine and considering what it will be like to degree in the cam. (I always check new cams.) I was thinking about what a PITA it is to check the ignition timing in the coach. I have worked on lots of engines in strange places, and sailboat engines are always in places you can't use for much else. But, all the real marine engines (not repurposed passcar) have the flywheel at the front of the engine and they usually have timing marks there....
Suppose that while I was confirming TDC, I was to mark the ring gear/flywheel and then pop a hole in the bell housing so I could see it.
I suspect that this might make setting and checking the timing a little easier.
While I do plan to install an Emery-esk timing pointer, you still have to get it right at least once.
Matt
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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