i cannot see the timing indicators notches on my ka24de crank pulley

[jrsink]

i am finishing a head gasket jobi need to set the timing correctly at tdc firstthe cams are still removedthe head gasket is installed alreadychiltons manual says to look for them to the left top of the crank shaft pulleyi don't see themwtf?how the hell can i get this to tdc?please help!

[vsiev]

if i am thinking of where you are talking about, they are notches/slits on the rim of the main pully. Should be 6 notches/slits and you should see a pin above the main pulley where the pulley should be installed.

[jrsink]

ok so i found the notches for timing on the pulleybutwellthis is what has happened

my problem was multi facetedfirstwe didnt set tdc before taking the cams off and upper timing chain offwe installed the new head gasketbolted the head downand i could not see the timing notches on the timing pulley

we found them eventuallyand had lots of fun manually trying to set tdc by cranking the starter a million times untilwe could get it to line up

right now it is at 10 btdc i thinkthere are 5 notches on the pulleyi think these are 0, 5, 10, 15, 20i have it right on 10

we also measured the stroke out with a tape measureit was almost dead on what seems to be 3.75 (should be 3.78 for stroke)

im having a slight proble now just finishingi need to get the upper timing chain bck on and get the cams bolted in where they need to be

im going to try to bolt the cams down firsttake the sprockets of the cams (maaybe?) or just unbolt the timing chain tensioner pulley under the two camsnot sure

can anyone help

ill post some photos so u can see where im at....