delling3
Active Member
For whatever the reason, I am struggling to establish #1 TDC on the compression stroke. I have a compression gauge installed in the #1 spark plug hole, and have turned the crank over multiple times with a breaker bar. I am not seeing any compression reading. Maybe my gauge is bad (it's a Harbor Fraught cheapy), but it has always been sufficient for working on my motorcycles, so I presume it should work here. So, my question is, what is another way to make certain that I am at TDC on the compression stroke? I assume that if the camshaft is "off lobe" on the #1 intake valve, and the timing marks are at top dead center, I must be on the compression stroke, yes?
And to confirm, the intake valve on #1 is the forward valve, correct?
And to confirm, the intake valve on #1 is the forward valve, correct?