Well all,

My dad and I changed my timing chain Wednesday, when we did it, we ended up skipping a tooth on the cam sprocket... GRRRR......

I didn't realize it a first, I thought I had done everything right, but then upon closer inspection I saw that the pointer at the harmonic balancer was pointing at "18" and not "02". Turns out, that is the exact amount one will be off if they skip a single cam sprocket tooth.......... Not a problem, with the chain tensioner off, I was able to work the chain one link at a time around the sprocket and get it back in time..... (Now reads dead on "0" when the cam tower marks are lined up.)

I decided to check the IP timing while I was at it. It *appears* by just using the "welling-up" method to be about 20 degrees BTDC....... Not optimum I know, but that totally rules out having skipped a tooth on the crankshaft sprocket or IP drive sprocket, right?

Just wanna make sure..........

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-Matt

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