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Old May 30, 2006 | 12:47 PM
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Just wondering if everybody thinks these are lined up pretty good? Thanks!
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you got it
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looks good, i toyed with mine for a while and realized that the teeth are so big on the gears, even if it looks very slightly off, its all good.
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Old May 30, 2006 | 12:55 PM
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thanks guys, i'm almost finished!
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Looks good, congrats!!
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looks good to me.
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got my vote for good to go
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good ! exactly like mine
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You got piston 1 TDC?
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Looks good! Get r done and fire her up!!!
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Looks great, wish I would of had mine looking that good the first time.
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6 and 12 looks good man!
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w00t, thanks for all the replies guys. Tommorow is firing up day!! (if I can get ahold of some pushrods!)
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Originally Posted by waterbug1999
You got piston 1 TDC?

Is that important? Just curious...
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Is that important? Just curious...
Only if you don't to bend all your valves...

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Only if you don't to bend all your valves...

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I guess I got lucky....
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guys, quit confusing people

if the dot on the crank gear is at 12:00 then #1 is at TDC
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Originally Posted by Full-Force
guys, quit confusing people

if the dot on the crank gear is at 12:00 then #1 is at TDC

Thank you!!!
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Originally Posted by Full-Force
guys, quit confusing people

if the dot on the crank gear is at 12:00 then #1 is at TDC
Exactly! The only time you would need to double check this is if the motor was newly rebuilt or something and the crank gear was removed..
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