Jerry,

Success! Thank you for you help. I tried just watching the valve springs, but doing it by myself I couldn't turn the engine and keep a close enough eye on the springs. I ended up using a tube filled with oil pic
Once I found TDC I compared it to the flywheel and I was sitting right on the U/C mark. I also marked the front pulley and timing chain cover to get an idea of where the other marks (triangle and BB) were. You can see photos here

Your posts really helped me to understand what I was doing. Thank you.


Dave
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