318 timing chain.....and why the engine should come out.

Yeah.....by the time I was at this point it was hot outside and I didn’t know about the clocking. Wasn’t gonna come and post and then go back and mess with it. So I just hit it hard with a scratch awl and marked them to go back in.
Normally I wouldn’t do this and mark all the stuff with a series of dots punched into the side of the rod. For this engine....didn’t matter.

Better to be safe than sorry! It's called bein smart!