Align it with the dot on the crank gear.
the cam gear and the crank gear are dot to dot
Put the crank shaft at TDC. There is a dot on one of the crank gear teeth. It should be pointing toward the cam gear. Put the cam gear on without the chain. Turn the cam until the hole in the cam gear is pointing toward the crank. In other words, the hole in the cam gear and the dot on the crank gear should be in line. Then simply remove cam gear and apply the chain. The computer does the fine timing. Nothing to adjust.
You have 3 engines. I assume you have the largest. This is weird. There is a paint color on the new chain that mates a dot on the cam gear and a color that matches a dot on the crank shaft gear.
The crank gear dot is at 12 oclock when #1 piston is at TDC, Top dead center. Cam gear dot is at 6 oclock. Both dots should be in a stright line over top of each other.
Yes, you just aline the divot on the Cam gear with the dash on the Crank gear. Very easy to do.
The dot on crankshaft at 12 o'clock and dot on cam gear at 6 o'clock the centerline of crankshaft, dots on gears, and centerline of camshaft should all be inline.
You will see a key in the crank. Turn the crank until #1 piston is all the way up in the cylinder. You will see that the key in the crank will be stright up. and when you put the crank gear ( SMALL GEAR ) on, The dot on it will be stright up. Now the cam gear ( BIG GEAR ) bolt it on the cam, and find the dot on it. leave chain off for now. Then take and turn the cam gear until the dot is stright down over top of the crank gear dot. It will be hard to turn, but turn it with something. Now remove the cam gear and put chain and gear back on. Tighten all 3 bolts TIGHT on the cam gear. Now check the 2 dots, They should be stright over top of each other in a stright line. THATS IT. Put it all back together now.
With the #1 piston at TDC ( TOP DEAD CENTER ) The crank gear dot will be at 12o'clock and the cam gear dot will be at 6o'clock. They will have to be stright over top of each other.
Install the crank gear so you can see the dot on it at all times,Then turn the grankshaft until the dot on it is at 12:00 oclock,stright up. Now leave the chain off and install the cam gear the same way with the dot out. After putting all 3 bolts in the gear finger tight turn the cam gear until the dot is stright down at 6:00 O'clock stright over top of the other dot. NOW it is in time. Remove the 3 bolts and gear and then install the timing chain and gear back on being sure that the dot is stright down. While doing this be SURE that neither gear moves / rotates. Tighten the 3 bolts up and then make sure that the 2 dots are stright over top of each other. 12:00 and 6:00
NO... The crank gear is at 12oclock with #1 piston at TDC Top dead center means The piston is all the way up in the cylinder on the compression stroke. The cam gear dot should be at 6oclock in a stright line over top of the crank gear dot. STRIGHT OVER TOP OF EACH OTHER.
The dot on crank gear should be stright up at 12oclock. Cam gear dot stright down at 6 oclock. Both dots should be stright over top of each other.
You first need to make sure the crank is fitted with the seven pieces that must be attached to it...number 3 main bearing, a couple of gears and so on. There are two gears you've got on the crank, correct? One is brass, the other is steel. The brass one is the distributor drive. Ignore it for now. Look at the cam gear (the steel one) from the end of the crank and you'll notice two teeth with dots pressed into their sides. Get your cam and look at its gear with the cam in your hand, and there's one tooth with a dot pressed into it. This one dot on the cam goes between the two dots on the crank. The easiest way to line these up is to put a little dot of paint on the teeth in question, so it's easier to see them. Your engine case has two sides. One has eight long studs sticking out of it. Take this one and lay it on the table with the cylinder spigots pointing down and studs up. Put the main and cam bearings in the case, and lubricate them with assembly lube. Set the crank in its bearings and rotate it until you see the dots, then set the cam into this gear with the dot on the cam gear between the two dots on the crank gear. Then roll the cam down into place. Next, gently rotate the cam gear a few revolutions. If the one dot on the cam gear always winds up right between the two dots on the crank gear, the cam is in.