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Old 02-04-2002, 08:53 AM
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Jegs sells a TDC tool for about $9. It screws into the sparkplug hole of your #1 cylinder. You turn the engine in one direction *BY HAND* until the piston hits the tool. Mark the harmonic damper at that spot. Then turn the engine the other way *BY HAND* untill it hits again. Mark the damper at that spot. Then find the spot on the dampner that is exactly between your two marks, and that is top dead center!!!

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