LA360 initial timing too high - are there different timing covers?
You are on the right track "checking" but you do NOT want to trust a screwdriver. Us a piston stop, which you can buy or make. Unhook battery, screw stop into no1 hole after making sure piston is "down a ways". slowly wrench engine until it stops. Make a mark onto the damper under TDC. Reverse the engine and wrench it around backwards until it again stops. Make a second mark. True TDC will be halfway between your temporary marks
I made this one........and have had it.......since the '70s. Yeh, I'm old
If you buy one, make sure you fiddle with it and install a lock nut so the stem doesn't "waddle around"
You are on the right track "checking" but you do NOT want to trust a screwdriver. Us a piston stop, which you can buy or make. Unhook battery, screw stop into no1 hole after making sure piston is "down a ways". slowly wrench engine until it stops. Make a mark onto the damper under TDC. Reverse the engine and wrench it around backwards until it again stops. Make a second mark. True TDC will be halfway between your temporary marks
I made this one........and have had it.......since the '70s. Yeh, I'm old
If you buy one, make sure you fiddle with it and install a lock nut so the stem doesn't "waddle around"