Re: How to get top dead center on 86 merc 170?
You do:
@ TDC #1
#1 Intake & Exhaust
#2 I
#3 E
#4 I
360 degrees at crank (1 complete rotation)
#2 E
#3 I
#4 E
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, so. Thanks again for that good info.
Saves a lot of hand-cranking.
Only thing I'd add (especially for Jake) is to make sure you rotate the crank in the correct direction. Ya don't wanna go backwards. I think I'm correct in what I said before; namely, that you rotate it in a clockwise direction vis-a-vis the front pulley. The engine rotation is listed as "counterclockwise" but that's vis-a-vis the flywheel when viewing the engine (or boat) from behind. Thus it's clockwise when viewed from the front.
