[DeTomaso] Harmonic Balancer

[sean mundy]

It seems my crank, cam are lined up and #1 is TDC.  
So then all I need to do is make a new pointer that hits 0 on the Romac balancer.  
That makes it easier for my brain to handle i guess.
 



From: JDeRyke at aol.com
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:27:18 -0400
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Harmonic Balancer
To: seanmundy at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com

I hate to complicate things like this, but there are three different timing pointers and two (at least) front covers for various years of 351-Cs. I don't expect any of the combinations to show very close to true TDC. If the heads are off the block, it's pretty easy to find TRUE TDC and bend the pointer to permanently indicate TDC on your Romac- which is a far healthier assembly than any 42-year-old balancer. 
But if the mismatch is only a few degrees, remember once the hard parts are bolted in place (cam, crank and harmonic balancer), the timing mark is mostly for our convenience. The engine really doesn't care what number is showing on the timing mark as long as spark arrives at the correct time. Good luck- J Deryke