installing new timing gear

My crank gear has a sort of jacket around it only allowing to view the teeth....
I will try to take a photo...
Is the mark sometimes right on the tooth?
 
FrankWest said:
Help, Looking for the timing mark on the crank gear....
I found the key, wedge, but not the timing mark?
Maybe my eyes are not so good.....
Cleaned off any grease or oil.
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Look for the little dimple on the tooth (in the picture -- top center). It's just to the right of the keyway.
(Photo from Ford Garage, thanks Vince)
 

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FrankWest said:
My crank gear has a sort of jacket around it only allowing to view the teeth....
I will try to take a photo...
Is the mark sometimes right on the tooth?
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That is the oil slinger. Take a good light and look to the right of the key like Toms picture shows. It is hard to see but it will be there.
 
Here are two blurry photos..I will try to get a better photyo
 

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I wonder if by "jacket", he means the shaft part of a two piece crankshaft pulley? Either way, you should be able to figure out the tooth just to the right of the keyway is the timing tooth. Remember that the cam gear will turn some as it's installed, so be sure to start it in the right groove.

Yep, just as I suspected, it's the two piece pulley. That oil slinger looks like it's on backwards, but I need a clearer picture.

Also, is that the lighting, or is the crank gear rusty? You sure don't want to start out with rust.
 
I have been cleaning it up to be able to see thge timing mark, I though I may have been hidden under a layer of oil. Brushed and sprayed with parts cleaner.
 
This weekend my son will be over. He has a better camera and maybe his better eyesight will spot the timing mark.
 
what is that oil slinger? I have never seen that in any of the parts breakdown?
Is the timing mark always on the tooth on the next tooth right of the keyway?
 
Bill's Auto Works said:
Maybe you could remove the pulley if it can be done easily, that way you could look straight at it instead of down onto it.
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Hi, Bill.
I have been using a dental mirror to see the teeth. My sons eyes arte sharper than mine perhaps he will see the mark unless it is under the slinger?
Can this slinger be removed easily?
 
Like Carl said, if you can see the mark in #23 (on the tooth just to the right of the keyway) The oil slinger should not be in the way of seeing the same mark on your gear. As to what the oil slinger is, it "slings" oil up to the cam gear as the crank spins. The slinger is not held on by anything, just stick a screwdriver behind it & gently pry it off.
Sorry, had a brain fart about the slinger coming off! I pictured the crank out of the motor
 
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It is the tooth on the right side of the key like Tom said. Take some bright paint, any color that will show up good. With a small brush paint that tooth. Then you can see it much better when you put the cam gear on.
 
Exactly straight up from the key is a valley, and the next tooth to the right of this valley is always the timing tooth. It's easy to see without moving the oil slinger. The slinger is held tight to the gear by the crankshaft pulley.
 
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