I suppose thats true. It always makes sense in the posters head and its easy to forget that others dont know the whole history.

As for TDC, I suppose I could pull the Prechamber to check it. Not a fun job but its one I have done twice on this motor already.

The problem with the balancer being off is this: The cam tower marks are dead on now. The cam lobes for #1 look right for TDC. Had I moved it one tooth with the balancer off by so much I would have had to slap a piston with a valve. Im thinking perhaps the welling up method is my failure point. I have read allll the threads on pump timing and the tutorial on the welling up method. However, I still dont feel like I am getting it quite right.

I am sucking out all fuel in the #1 pressure valve with a shop towel. Then turing the crank till I just see a bubble of fuel show up in the center of the little hole in the bottom of the holder. It doesnt come rushing up or anything. It also is a very small amount...almost like a bubble bursting. Does that sound like the correct method? It would make so much more sense in ight of the other issues if the pump was one tooth off as well. I just cant seem to make the timing method fit that scenario.

EDIT...Also doesnt seem like swung all the way to the end of the slot holes is the correct place for the pump to be. And thats the only place it runs at all normal.