I have a question.
I have an early 90's roller block 302.
I bought it to replace an early 70's 302 block.
The timing point from the 70's block is on the passenger side.
When I installed a fluid damper today, the TDC mark on the balancer came no where near the timing marker. The TDC mark on the balancer lines up almost perfectly with another bolt hold in the timing cover.
The motor is TDC from where we installed the cam.
The balancer is installed correctly (only one place the pin lines up).
We did the old "screw driver" in the plug hole on #1 to verify it is up. It does appear to be up. I didn't move the crank much when installing the distributor so I'm comfortable it is very close to TDC where it is sitting.
Is the timing mark on the 90's 302 in a different location on the later motors or do I have other issues? Could the bolt hole it is lined up with be where a timing pointer should be?
I have an early 90's roller block 302.
I bought it to replace an early 70's 302 block.
The timing point from the 70's block is on the passenger side.
When I installed a fluid damper today, the TDC mark on the balancer came no where near the timing marker. The TDC mark on the balancer lines up almost perfectly with another bolt hold in the timing cover.
The motor is TDC from where we installed the cam.
The balancer is installed correctly (only one place the pin lines up).
We did the old "screw driver" in the plug hole on #1 to verify it is up. It does appear to be up. I didn't move the crank much when installing the distributor so I'm comfortable it is very close to TDC where it is sitting.
Is the timing mark on the 90's 302 in a different location on the later motors or do I have other issues? Could the bolt hole it is lined up with be where a timing pointer should be?