i have this super old school craftsman timing gun and i was searching on how to adjust timing and most of them say something about adjusting the dial to this and then lining up with this mark. Well i dont have that dial so what mark do i use. Its a d16z6 motor and the crank has the three lines....and then the one white TDC line. so after i warm up my car and jump the connector....hook up everything....flash it and then line up the mark to..............????? Red mark or TDC mark?

 

Just point and shoot for the 3 red lines and adjust the dizzy as needed.

 

white mark is 0 degrees btdc

2nd closest to that is 14 deg. btdc
3rd is 16 deg. btdc
4th is 18 deg. btdc

usually the base timing is set at 16 deg. btdc.

 

oh okay....so no dial means its set to "0" right? then if you had a dial and wanted 16 degrees you'd set it to 16 and shoot for the lone TDC mark? if thats correct you guys just made it way easier to understand. right on

 

Right. The extra marks on the pulley are for guns just like you have. Guns with a dial can "correct" for TDC, the white mark.

 

thanks everyone......H-T to the rescue AGAIN!

 

Had to bump this old thread cause it helped me out. I too had no idea what the **** did on the timing gun.