having a little issue...

ah geeze!!! well i dont have a degree wheel and piston tdc stopper, i know how to do it just don't have those tools

Ages ago I was told to weld a bolt shank or piece of steel rod to the center of the end of an old spark plug (break or grind out the porcelain around the electrode there). Makes a great, dirt cheap, piston tdc stopper. I did buy the degree wheel.