[DeTomaso] pneumatic kit to find TDC

[michael frazier]

Exactly Will,
   That thing should be in the same catalog as muffler bearings & cans of muzzle blast.
 
Michael Frazier
Gruppo Rompiculi Corsa 

> It looks like a whole lot of gadget for a simple enough task.
> 
> You can remove a valve cover and watch the valves. The compression stroke
> is TDC right after the intake valve closes.
> 
> If you don't want to remove a valve cover, remove the #1 plug, and cover the
> hole with your finger. Don't stick your finger all the way in the spark
> plug hole. Just cover the hole. When the piston comes up on the compress
> stroke, it will blow your finger off.
> 
> You can use a screw driver to find TDC. The screw driver will stop getting
> pushed out the hole as the piston comes up.
> 
> I have also used a spark-plug-TDC-locator. It is essentially a piston stop
> that screws into a spark plug hole. You turn it over by hand until it
> stops, mark the balancer, turn it over in the opposite direction, mark the
> balancer, halfway between the 2 marks is TDC.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of Rob Dumoulin
> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 7:03 AM
> To: Larry Finch
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] pneumatic kit to find TDC
> 
> Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best. This one also would only
> show you TDC on the compression stroke, which is when you want to line up
> the distributor too.
> 
> 
> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 1:12 AM, Larry Finch <fresnofinches at aol.com> wrote:
> 
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> > right here...
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> > http://www.jhmbuttco.com/acatalog/info_AST5005.html
> >
> > Larry
> >
> >
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