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Timing
O.k. I have the timing light, I tried following the instructions in the Haynes manual and it's confusing, I checked out the pully but can't actually see and marks on it just some holes on the front side.
Can somebody help me out here or post a pic of what kind of marks I'm looking for.
I want to check the timing, all I see is a white mark someone put on there.
please help.
Can somebody help me out here or post a pic of what kind of marks I'm looking for.
I want to check the timing, all I see is a white mark someone put on there.
please help.
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how goes it rob,
ok on your harmonic balancer, not the face but on the top side of it there should be a line machined across it. That will be the mark that should line up with the little arrow thats bolted on just to the #1 side of the harmonic balancer. just remember to follow the instructions in the book so you get your timing right
ok on your harmonic balancer, not the face but on the top side of it there should be a line machined across it. That will be the mark that should line up with the little arrow thats bolted on just to the #1 side of the harmonic balancer. just remember to follow the instructions in the book so you get your timing right
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It is a pretty well defined mark, about 1/8'": wide 1/16" deep and 1 1/2" long or the full width of your harmonic balancer. On my 89, it's just clockwise from the 3 little holes in the face of my harmonic balancer. Thats not to say it'll be in the same place on yours, but I hope it gives you a start. What I used to do was after I found the timing mark, was I would mark it with soap stone, or something white to make the mark show up a little better when the light hit it
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My '89 has only the 1 mark...I have timed older model fords that have had many differnt marks on the harmonic balancer, and I just did what the book said, or timed by response, but timing by response was on the old carburated engines. But for your question, I would have to look at a book to see what it says, don't want to send the wrong information to you, also don't want to second guess myself....lol. It's been a while and I just can't remember off the top of my head....sorry for the lack of help on this one
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How do I know what way to adjustmy timing? the book has different ways for different things. Is my truck an EEC? if so where is the TFI-IV or the single wire SPOUT conector? I see the picture in the manual but I can't find one, I unplugged a single wire piece that was connected to what almost looked like a battery, I adjusted the timing to 10 BTDC and the ideling issue I had went away. did I do this right?