Timing the cam - what about the intermediate shaft tocrankshaft?

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim R)]

By lining the mark on the crank pulley with the one on the intermediate
shaft, you can get the crank to TDC...that's why they put it there.  It also
helps get the ignition timing back into place if you're just changing the
timing belt (assuming it was correct in the 1st place).  It ensures that the
crank and distributor are in the same relative positions.

It's more accurate to use the mark on the flywheel, of course, to get the
motor to TDC.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Edward Effinger [mailto:Eeffinger@conestogac.on.ca]
>Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 3:54 PM
>To: Verboten1
>Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Timing the cam - what about the intermediate shaft
>tocrankshaft?
>
>
>Thanks for your reply.
>I wonder then why they put a timing mark on the crankshaft/intermediate
>shaft?
>Thanks in advance for any feedback.
>Ed '81S
>
>>>> Verboten1 <verboten1@gmail.com> 1/11/2007 2:17 PM >>>
>It is not...it turns a gear for the distributor and oil pump is all.
>IIRC it also had a lobe to operate the mechanical fuel pump on carb'd
>cars
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>