Engine/Transmission (1994 - 1998) Checking for timing slippage

[cluckmaster]

Hey guys- looking to check my timing I set back in August. Supposed to be at 17. 5*. I've got a wire indicator fastened to the underside of the engine, pointing to the harmonic balancer. On the balancer, I have a strip of white tape w/ a mark for TDC, and one for 17. 5*. My question is, the advanced mark should be CLOCKWISE AHEAD of the TDC mark, correct?

 

[JoshPeters]

Unless you are checking with the pulse adapter and timing light, the marks are only good to use with the Dial indicator/plunger lift method.

 

[CogginsP]

Hey guys- looking to check my timing I set back in August. Supposed to be at 17. 5*. I've got a wire indicator fastened to the underside of the engine, pointing to the harmonic balancer. On the balancer, I have a strip of white tape w/ a mark for TDC, and one for 17. 5*. My question is, the advanced mark should be CLOCKWISE AHEAD of the TDC mark, correct?

Clockwise is correct.

 

[DieselTweaker]

If the marks are like you say, bar the engine over pin the pump and see if the pointer lines up on the 17. 5 mark.



And your right it should be Clockwise



Zach