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no timing pointer
I just purchased an assembled B & B with a 351W that doesn't have a timing pointer. I checked out Summit and their least expensive pointer is $70 plus. Ford Motorsport is about the same. (I must have been thinking about a SBC and expecting $20). Are there other sources?
Joe |
You can make your own quite easily.
Use a piece of stiff wire or fabricate it from sheet metal. Attach it to a bolt near the crank damper in a location that is easy to hit with a timing light. Insert a piston stop in #1 cylinder. Gently rotate the crankshaft clockwise until it stops. Make a mark on the damper at your pointer. Rotate the crankshaft counter-clockwise until it stops. Put another mark at that location on the damper. Measure half way between the two marks and make another mark. This is top-dead-center. Order the appropriate timing tape from Summit (or whoever) and apply it to the damper with its TDC mark exactly on your measured mark. You now have a timing pointer that is easy to see and is perfectly accurate (unlike those tin things spot-welded on SBC timing covers). |
You can always make your own. A piece of a rusty old coat hanger clamped under a bolt will work so making a nice looking pointer should be pretty easy.
I have seen some really nice parts made in the home shop The bigger trick is matching your new pointer to true TDC. |
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http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ingPointer.jpg
I made this one from a heavy washer and a short piece of 1/4" rod. In this picture, it's just sitting on the work bench, not installed on the car. That's why some bolts are loose, and things don't look just right. |
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