4A-GE MK1 Engine Setting timing - Page 2

espguitarist33 · 10-05-2009, 12:30 AM

i wish i could even check ignition timing...on the pully there are 3 chunks missing...one of them happens to be the place where the little notch goes... :/

scottohno · 12-18-2009, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by espguitarist33

i wish i could even check ignition timing...on the pully there are 3 chunks missing...one of them happens to be the place where the little notch goes... :/

time for a new pully. good luck finding one.

jimmer411 · 04-11-2010, 09:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by espguitarist33

i wish i could even check ignition timing...on the pully there are 3 chunks missing...one of them happens to be the place where the little notch goes... :/

Just use a piston stop to find true TDC, or you can use an air compressor on cylinder 2 or 3 with all 4 spark plugs removed to set the engine at TDC and then make a new mark on the pulley.

scottohno · 04-17-2010, 12:07 AM

^good idea

or just take a 1 foot piece of coat hanger and hold it on the piston head. fold the tip of the wire so theres no chance of it scratching the cylinder walls. turn the crank with the wire in #1 til it stops going up and goes down a bit. revolve it back, and youre at about tdc.

or put an air compressor on it if you have one. i dont suggest you try to do it with a bike pump though.

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10-05-2009, 12:30 AM	#21 (permalink)
espguitarist33 Cage Fighter Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: west chester PA Posts: 528 Thanks: 4 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts iTrader Rating: (2/100% )	i wish i could even check ignition timing...on the pully there are 3 chunks missing...one of them happens to be the place where the little notch goes... :/

04-17-2010, 12:07 AM	#24 (permalink)
scottohno control your hose Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Fox Lake, IL Posts: 5,100 Thanks: 43 Thanked 93 Times in 83 Posts iTrader Rating: (7/100% )	^good idea or just take a 1 foot piece of coat hanger and hold it on the piston head. fold the tip of the wire so theres no chance of it scratching the cylinder walls. turn the crank with the wire in #1 til it stops going up and goes down a bit. revolve it back, and youre at about tdc. or put an air compressor on it if you have one. i dont suggest you try to do it with a bike pump though.