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I have an aftermarket flywheel and so can no longer set the engine to tdc by it. How accurate to you have to be with tdc, If the rotor is pointed at the correct wire and the cam pully is aligned correctly is this enough?

Spade

IT's actually a lot eaiser than that.....just rotate the enigne until there is no pressure on the rockers and you can slightly wiggle them.

The whole point in putting it at TDC is to get the gap between the cam and the rocker.

Desslok

An old trick I have used is this:
Pull off distributor cap and mark where the #1 plug goes on the distributor(chalk works good(or a scratch, whatever) pull the #1 spark plug and insert something long that can move freely (I use a long screwdriver) in and out of the spark plug hole. Rotate the motor with a ratchet on the crank bolt and when the ignition rotor gets towards the #1 mark watch the screwdriver, it will move up, pause for a second and then start to move back down, when it pauses, this is TDC for #1, it's then easy to find all the others.

There is an easier way, but it assumes your timing belt is on right and you have a stock cam gear installed correctly:
Get the rotor to #1 plug wire position, the up ^ on the cam gear will point up and then use a straight edge(ruler) to lign up the top of the head with the alignment marks on the cam gear.

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thanks