Dumb Timing question?

maybe the balancer has slipped... Could put it at TDC on compression stroke and see if you have a mark. IF not, then the balancer is suspect
And this is why, and it pays to make sure. When I had the part time job at the NAS hobby shop in the 70s, for some reason we found several Ford 352/390s came in with slipped dampeners. THAT is what originally got me into piston stops. I don't have the Ferd stop, anymore.