[DeTomaso] Harmonic Balancer

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Sean,

I think maybe you should call the vendor, the manufacturer and ask  
them why they think it's off.  Who knows... maybe they sent you the  
wrong balancer.  I wouldn't re-mark it.  Something is off here and I  
think you should find out what.  The amount it is off, as shown in  
your photo, is quite a bit.

Call the manufacturer and ask them questions first.
Asa Jay

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Quoting sean mundy <seanmundy at hotmail.com>:

>
> 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
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