How the hell do you check timing on the M50?

[5mall5nail5]

I have a GM coil with spark plug wires and a timing light, but I cannot come close to seeing the TDC mark on the front of the motor... how the hell do you check the timing?! What's the trick!?!!

[Geno325is]

you wanna get to TDC? well besides the timing marks up front , you can pull the 1# spark plug and turn the crank over to see when you get to tdc-

and poor mans gauge it ( filler rod and move crank back and forth until the height is equalized<grammer?> )

[5mall5nail5]

Ok well I figured otu part of my freaking issue.

Ive been trying to figre trigger angles for the M50 for megasquirt... a guy on the forums took this pic:



I noticed in bentley manual that the pic in manual didnt show the gap in the teeth on the left, and that the 0/T mark was behind the teeth on the top of the wheel not on the face. I drove over to our shop grabbed my timing cover and wheel and noticed that my TDC position is COMPLETELY different than in that pic!

I attached a picture of my wheel with the gap near where his is - clearly you see theres no TDC mark on the face of the wheel!

Then I looked behind my wheel like bentley manual shows and found a VERY clear 0/T mark, also attached - look where the gap is relative to the first pic!!!!

[5mall5nail5]

And the CORRECT picture...