Koheleth

The engine is still in the car, though really the engine only consist of the Piston Shell thingy. It is an Automatic, over 100K Miles, not sure how many more. The reason why we started this project was because the Head Gaskets blew/broke. We got them fixed, new bolts. Now before we hide the visual components my father want to set the timing marks. (Before we put the rocker arms, and the encasements) So I am trying to figure out how to do it. We have the Haynes manual, though my dad would rather double check and saved a few hundred, then trust that the preset timing (The notches as the manual refers to) are right and blow a rod.

Know of the right Torque settings then?

Around me it wasn't bad at all. Just a hugh thunderstorm, though a bunch of counties to the West got hit bad. My sisters were in Greenbrier when the storm hit, took pictures that some streets would drift away some smaller cars.

Alright. Thank you for all your help. Now all I have to do is reassure my father this is correct, and reassemble. Thank you.

I have little to no knowledge of this, and I am way over my head. Sorry for be rather scattered-brain. The correct marks are the notches on the Sprockets and the notches on the Inner Covers, right? Also, from what I could gather from looking online TDC is when the piston is about to begin its depression, is that wrong for the EJ22?

I understand that. Though unless we are to fully rely on the two notches of the cover to sprocket, I would like to set the lobes in the camshaft right before it begins the intake to piston 1, so then I can mark the sprocket to cover. So when I reassembly it all, I know the exact placement it should be turned to, which rotates the lobes, which set the rocker arms to start the intake of piston 1. I am being too vague, or not getting something rather simple? I keep reading about the notches, though my dad feel more confident in the timing process if we make the marks ourselves, because we can visual see the lobes of the camshaft now, if that make any sense.

Thanks for the help, though that isn't what I am working on right now. It talks about the marks on the Camshaft sprockets. Right now I am trying to make those marks because I have the Heads, Rocker Arms and Sprocket all disassemblied from one another. I am trying to set the Lobes of the Camshaft before I put on the Rocker Arms, so then I am correctly mark the Sprockets for TDC, the depression of Piston #1

My older brothers took off the heads of a EJ22 '90 Legacy. Though when they remove the Camshaft sprockets they mess up on the markings. There must be a way I can visual set the Sprockets to TDC before I replace the Rocker Arms of them. I can see the lobes of the Camshafts. In otherwords "How can I set the timing without proper markings to begin with?"