Any Tips on how to get that TDC bolt in properly?
• Take an 8mm bolt about two inches (50 mm) long and grind a dull point on it. Remove the bolt from the left side of the motor that fills the hole into which the TDC bolt goes. Screw your homemade TDC bolt in there until it JUST touches, then back if off a turn. • Remove a spark plug. Stick a screwdriver down the hole. Rock the crank using and Allen key through the removed plug in middle of the alternator cover on the right side. Turn the key SLIGHTLY and see if the screw driver rises. If not turn it the other way. While GUIDING THE SCREWDRIVER, turn the key so that it rises, up to the point where it starts to fall. Rock the key to try to find TDC. • Screw your TDC bolt in until it touches. Back it off about 1/8 turn. Try to move the crank. If it moves more than a skosh it isn’t on TDC. Find TDC. • The CRANK has only one TDC. The CAMS run at half crank speed. The motor doesn’t care if the cams are on overlap or compression. You want to assemble the motor on compression (all valves clos
