Find TDC on a 335i??

specialist · 09-16-2016, 09:54 AM

How do you find TDC with no locking pin in flywheel? can you can't look at the cams because cams are off.

Do you put a long screw driver in cylinder # 1

And when the screw driver reaches The top of the block and IN the dead zone that moment is TDC?

TrollToll · 09-16-2016, 10:59 AM

The screwdriver trick will work, but I always feel more comfortable using a wooden dowel or something since it will be on top of the piston. Probably not a big deal but I don't want to stick a screwdriver in my combustion chamber.

specialist · 09-16-2016, 12:32 PM

thanks

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TrollToll Banned 654 Rep 946 Posts Drives: 535i Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Texas iTrader: (0)	The screwdriver trick will work, but I always feel more comfortable using a wooden dowel or something since it will be on top of the piston. Probably not a big deal but I don't want to stick a screwdriver in my combustion chamber.
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