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timing marks 79-351m
can anyone tell me or better yet show picture of marks on balancer? 79-250-351m/400. i see little hash mark[lines] and btc. it looks like may have 0 or 10 ahead of it. cant tell where tdc is and how many deg. is each line
 
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It should look something like this


If it looks like this



Then use this "Plumbers cloth" from Home Depot plumbing section .. You have to have clean marks
 
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great pict.thankyou i think timing is 8-10 btc
 
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