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Originally Posted by DSlater
When I line up the marks under the valve cover, the section of balancer that has the reading marks is still about a half rotation of the crankshaft away and the number one valve lobe is pointing to 3 o'clock.
From what I've been able to gather, being one tooth 'off' is equal to 18 degrees, which would seem like the ballpark my 'reading' is in.
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Let's get the facts straight, first. No work can be done to this engine until we are positive of where it currently is.
If the camshaft is aligned with the tower mark.........and from the photo, you've done this correctly, the crankshaft should be close to zero degrees. The fact that it is not is a problem.
The question is whether the crankshaft is "about a half rotation" which would equal 180 degrees........or is it actually 36 degrees.......which would be one tooth on the camshaft?
The engine cannot run if the error is more than one camshaft tooth........because the valves will hit the pistons. So, this discrepancy in the data must be resolved before we go further.