Got the engine going, a 56 or 57 235 from a car (flywheel and clutch from 53 216 out of my truck) i thought i had tdc on piston 1 when i initially set valves before (i used a piece of wire and air definitely came out the spark plug hole) and i was real close to that bb on the flywheel. After starting and really thinking the timing was off, my cousin, the mechanic, looked at it and said when he found tdc the flywheel was very close to an arrow on the flywheel. He said he wasn't sure if that arrow was 180 degrees off, but thought it was close. Is it possible the gear on the crank was put on wrong? Or that this is the mark to use? Not sure about this.
