Re: camshaft

Posted by PackardV8 On 2010/11/5 20:20:10

"With No. 1 piston at TDC and No. 1 exhaust valve just closed, line up the sprockets, with the chain assembled, and slip them on the shafts. The timing marks should be nearest each other and in line with a straight edge placed across the centers of both shafts."

I'm not familiar with the Packard streight 8. But what u described is positioning #1 piston at the END of the exhaust stroke, NOT the top of compression stroke ready to fire.

In most cases, aligning the timing marks closeest to each other is for TDC compression stroke of #1. Not TDC of exhaust stroke.