You're welcome.
I'm not trying to make it seem "insurmountable" either -- but I always feel that people that are "informed" can usually do a better job....
Forgot that you mentioned your timing tab. There is only one way to ABSOLUTELY KNOW if your timing marks line up correctly.
Get a piston stop.... they can be bought from summit etc or borrow one.
Pull ALL the plugs out.
Open the throttle to wide open.
Put the piston stop in number one plug hole.
crank the motor over MANUALLY with a wrench on the balancer bolt -- DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TURN IT OVER WITH THE STARTER MOTOR!
This exercise is taken EASY -- don't attempt to JAM the piston into the piston stop... your pistons are aluminum - the piston stop will bend etc... so be gentle - turn it over nicely until you feel it bump up against the stop.
When it stops = make a mark on your balancer with a grease pencil or chalk etc where the ZERO is on the pointer. Rotate the motor the OTHER direction. When it stops make a mark on the balancer wherever the ZERO is on the pointer.
EXACTLY HALF WAY BETWEEN THESE TWO MARKS IS TOP DEAD CENTER.
So if you rotate the engine to line up the zero on the balancer and the zero on the pointer -- and they line up exactly half way in between your two marks you're good to go.... if not.... Then either the balancer is wrong or the pointer has been bent or is the wrong one etc. At least now you know your timing is either spot on or it's a mess that needs fixing and you can't trust it.
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