Guys,

I admit my harmonic balancer was a little rusty.  I wire brushed it and put a nice coat of paint on it.  After Installing it on the engine, I realized I can't see a single timing mark on the OD of it.  There is a pointer on the timing chain cover in the normal position.  There is nothing there even after cleaning the paint off.  Were the marks on a new damper very light to begin with? 

Besides buying a new one, is a timing tape my only alternative?  I don't want to just time it by ear...

Thanks,

Nick

'60 F100 with '62 4V 292 y-block

There are two styles of damper that I've seen. One has the marks on the damper. The other is marked on the pointer (has 4 or 5 points) with a single line on the damper. So if you're using the single line damper with the single point pointer, you won't find anything useful for timing the engine.


Lawrenceville, GA

Guys,

I spent some time last night stripping off the paint on the ring and found some timing marks.  They are all in an area that was very rusty.  Can't even read a single number anymore.... 

Got a trip planned to the salvage yard Saturday to pick up a better one. 

Nick

'60 F100 with '62 4V 292 y-block

Don't pitch the old one if the damper is good, it can be re-marked with some shop time on  a rotary table,,,,,,,,,