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Originally Posted by JD159
When using the dial gauge to find the highest point of the piston, what do I look for on the gauge? If it begins to go back down I would have already past the peak, and the manual states do not rotate opposite of engine rotation. Can you expand on that part?
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Watch the dial indicator as you turn the crankshaft and turn the gauge bezel to zero it when the motion is approaching, then reaching its maximum travel. Then continue to rotate the crankshaft as the needle again approaches the zero mark.
Of course, since this is a coarse adjustment, being off by 5 degrees or so is not all that important. As a matter of fact, I have never used the dial indicator method to set the timing, just got it close, checked it by manually rotating the crankshaft through several turns (to check for interference), then set to the task of fine timing the camshafts.