I understand the dot thing......but what is the 15 link pin thing that Mike
is talking about???

--
Carlo F. Serusa, Jr. RPh
carlo.jr at comcast DOTnet
'98 Sahara TJ - '89 YJ - '79 Scout II
O|||||||O
'92 Explorer '65 Mustang


"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:4040F607.4EE12E1E@***.net...
> Hi Doug,
> I didn't understand you question, it may have to do with knowing
> where top dead center, compression is, which is when the timing marks
> are in align as pictured: http://www.----------.com/sprocket.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Doug wrote:
> >
> > Thanks everyone. I will take all of you up on your suggestions. I also
just replaced the timing chain so I have a lot of things going on. I was
avoiding taking it out of TDC until I get the timing cover back on. I had
the timing cover off as I wanted to make sure that I was on the compression
stroke at TDC, and my understanding is that the only way to tell this is
based on the position of the rocker arms. (Although right now they all look
like they are in the same position except for the one) Logically, I was
going to install the rocker arms see if I was on the compression stroke at
TDC and then finalize the timing cover install. Does this make sense? Any
suggestions on this? Should I juts lock up the timing cover or do you think
I should run some tests prior to this?

 

I understand the dot thing......but what is the 15 link pin thing that Mike
is talking about???

--
Carlo F. Serusa, Jr. RPh
carlo.jr at comcast DOTnet
'98 Sahara TJ - '89 YJ - '79 Scout II
O|||||||O
'92 Explorer '65 Mustang


"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:4040F607.4EE12E1E@***.net...
> Hi Doug,
> I didn't understand you question, it may have to do with knowing
> where top dead center, compression is, which is when the timing marks
> are in align as pictured: http://www.----------.com/sprocket.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Doug wrote:
> >
> > Thanks everyone. I will take all of you up on your suggestions. I also
just replaced the timing chain so I have a lot of things going on. I was
avoiding taking it out of TDC until I get the timing cover back on. I had
the timing cover off as I wanted to make sure that I was on the compression
stroke at TDC, and my understanding is that the only way to tell this is
based on the position of the rocker arms. (Although right now they all look
like they are in the same position except for the one) Logically, I was
going to install the rocker arms see if I was on the compression stroke at
TDC and then finalize the timing cover install. Does this make sense? Any
suggestions on this? Should I juts lock up the timing cover or do you think
I should run some tests prior to this?

 

Hi Carlo,
Some sort of double check, weird:
http://www.----------.com/sprocket.jpg There are some engines where we
are forced to time it between links, though.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Carlo wrote:
>
> I understand the dot thing......but what is the 15 link pin thing that Mike
> is talking about???
>
> --
> Carlo F. Serusa, Jr. RPh
> carlo.jr at comcast DOTnet
> '98 Sahara TJ - '89 YJ - '79 Scout II
> O|||||||O
> '92 Explorer '65 Mustang

 

Hi Carlo,
Some sort of double check, weird:
http://www.----------.com/sprocket.jpg There are some engines where we
are forced to time it between links, though.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Carlo wrote:
>
> I understand the dot thing......but what is the 15 link pin thing that Mike
> is talking about???
>
> --
> Carlo F. Serusa, Jr. RPh
> carlo.jr at comcast DOTnet
> '98 Sahara TJ - '89 YJ - '79 Scout II
> O|||||||O
> '92 Explorer '65 Mustang

 

Hi Carlo,
Some sort of double check, weird:
http://www.----------.com/sprocket.jpg There are some engines where we
are forced to time it between links, though.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Carlo wrote:
>
> I understand the dot thing......but what is the 15 link pin thing that Mike
> is talking about???
>
> --
> Carlo F. Serusa, Jr. RPh
> carlo.jr at comcast DOTnet
> '98 Sahara TJ - '89 YJ - '79 Scout II
> O|||||||O
> '92 Explorer '65 Mustang

 

Mike I did the follow the steps you described and at the time both the #1 and #6 pistons were at the top of the cylinder. I guess my real question is if I installed the timing chain as you suggested and the #1 and #6 pistons were at the top of their respective cylinders will that be the proper installation? Someone threw me off when they said make sure you are on the compression stroke at TDC. Once I had the timing gears aligned and installed I cranked the timing chain around to a point where I could count the chain pins beteen the two timing marks and they were at 15. I followed the instructions I found on http://www.sierrajeep.com/timing.htm. Carlo the link above will show you exactly what Mike is referring to.

I think I did it right, but I'd hate to put the cover on and everything else and find out I did it wrong. I'll double check. Thanks for the help once again.

 

Mike I did the follow the steps you described and at the time both the #1 and #6 pistons were at the top of the cylinder. I guess my real question is if I installed the timing chain as you suggested and the #1 and #6 pistons were at the top of their respective cylinders will that be the proper installation? Someone threw me off when they said make sure you are on the compression stroke at TDC. Once I had the timing gears aligned and installed I cranked the timing chain around to a point where I could count the chain pins beteen the two timing marks and they were at 15. I followed the instructions I found on http://www.sierrajeep.com/timing.htm. Carlo the link above will show you exactly what Mike is referring to.

I think I did it right, but I'd hate to put the cover on and everything else and find out I did it wrong. I'll double check. Thanks for the help once again.

 

Mike I did the follow the steps you described and at the time both the #1 and #6 pistons were at the top of the cylinder. I guess my real question is if I installed the timing chain as you suggested and the #1 and #6 pistons were at the top of their respective cylinders will that be the proper installation? Someone threw me off when they said make sure you are on the compression stroke at TDC. Once I had the timing gears aligned and installed I cranked the timing chain around to a point where I could count the chain pins beteen the two timing marks and they were at 15. I followed the instructions I found on http://www.sierrajeep.com/timing.htm. Carlo the link above will show you exactly what Mike is referring to.

I think I did it right, but I'd hate to put the cover on and everything else and find out I did it wrong. I'll double check. Thanks for the help once again.

 

In message <utadndh9goBvndzdRVn_iw@comcast.com>, "Carlo" wrote:

>I understand the dot thing......but what is the 15 link pin thing that Mike
>is talking about???

Who knows?

 

In message <utadndh9goBvndzdRVn_iw@comcast.com>, "Carlo" wrote:

>I understand the dot thing......but what is the 15 link pin thing that Mike
>is talking about???

Who knows?