"John Kunkel" <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Julian" <jps@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> An easy question, but I'd be grateful for an answer :-)
>>
>> I've got a 1973 Jensen Interceptor with the 440 engine. I'm trying to
>> find the timing marks so I can check the timing.
>>
>> From the left hand side of the engine, if I look down under the AC
>> compressor I can see some gear casing and a ****tion of the harmonic
>> balancer, I've cleaned it as best as I can and can't see a thing. On
the
>> right hand side it's just about impossible to see anything down the
>> bottom due to alternator/water pump etc etc.
>
> If the water pump inlet is on the right side (looking forward) the
timing
> tab is obscured by it. There is a sheet metal tab spot welded to the
> timing chain cover with the timing increments stamped in it, the
harmonic
> balancer has a single slash mark.
>
> Prior to '72 the WP inlet was on the left and the timing tab was out in
> the open but when they changed the inlet to the right side in '72 they
> left the big block timing tab in its original location and it's hard to
> see. The small block tab was relocated to the left; go figure.
>
> A mirror might help locate it.
Thanks mate, I'll go and have another investigation now that I know what
to
look for.
Julian.
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