[Howard H]

Help -- I'm in the process of assembling my 2.0 engine after a rebuild. When I place the crank in the right case half (the half w/ the distributor) I can't get the two dots on the crank's gear to line up with the parting line, like the Wilson book shows.

With cylinder #1 (which is the 2nd rod journal from the flywheel) in the TDC position (i.e. perpendicular to the case parting line), the dots are at about the 12:30 position. The parting line would be the 3:00 position. Since the gear is positioned on the crank with a Woodruff key, I can't understand how things don't line up the way the book shows.

Can anyone who has rebuilt a 4 cylinder 914 engine please give me some guidance here? After all of the cleaning, measuring and machining that I've already done, I thought that reassembly would be the easy part.

Thanks again to all who have responded to my other emergencies in the past. I could sure use your help again now.

Howard Henneman