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Old 09-02-2018, 10:57 PM
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Finding TDC the easy way

A while back we had a tool concept for finding the compression stroke in a cylinder, critical when setting timing from scratch, without peering or inserting anything into the spark plug hole. Remember this?

Well it struck me as a pretty cool idea so I finally got around to making one and testing it out. I sacrificed an old spark plug by breaking off the porcelain, drilling out the electrode and grinding off the arm on the bottom, added a balloon to the top, threaded it into the #1 spark plug hole finger tight only and turned the engine over by hand. Once you know you're on the compression stroke you view the crankshaft roll pin for vertical alignment.

Way cool.

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