it looks like it to me, but the car won't start and i have fuel and spark. When the cams are perfect at TDC this is what the flywheel looks like...


I know it looks like it is, but when I took this picture I was standing like right inline with the header, so it is kinda manipulated. I guess what I am really asking, is where should I be standing to look at it, because if I kneel down in front of it the mark will at a different spot then if I stand up next to it. get it??
thanks travis

 

Look at the timing mark on the crank pulley.. If you put the flywheel on a different way, the timing marks will not line up correctly.. The crank pulley is keyed so there is only one way to put it on..

 

I thought the flywheel was too though... I just don't wanna rip the alternator off and the plastic!! It is a tight fit...

 

Just look down the drivers side of the engine and youll see it..

 

its an h22 so it is burried in there!!! i guess there is no other way though, thanks for the help man

 

no that is not tdc. !!!!! if this is an h-f series block the tdc marks are on the other side of that mark there is an x an couple of other lines scribed in there chk it if you want to do it the stupid way take you #1or4 plug out and put a 3/8'' ext a long one and see when it comes up exactly to the top ok see if this would help but you are not looking at tdc there

 

are you saying all of those marks should be on the flywheel??? because it is an aftermarket flywheel and that is the only mark on it!

 

TAKE THE #1 PLUG OUT AND SEE IF IT AT THE TOP.IF ITS NOT SLOWLY MOVE IT UNTIL IT DOES THEN LOOK AT YOUR MARK.YOU CAN USE A LONG SCREW DRIVER OR SOCKET EXTENSION TO TELL WHERE IT IS.ITS KINDA TOUGH UNLESS YOU HAVE ALL THE PLUGS LOOSE BCAUSE OF COMPRESSION.

 

taking the plug out and feeling if its at the top will NOT tell you if its at tdc

when a piston hits the top, it "floats" there for a moment before going back down.
so you'd have to turn the engine till the piston had been floating there exactly half of its time..
how the **** r u going to get that accurate!??!

just look at the crank pulley markings like the helms tells u to

 

it floats maybe 1 degree.thats where common sense comes into play.

 

I thought was the stupid way

I will probably end up just doing it this way just to get me into the ballpark. thanks