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Thanks for all your input. I got it covered.

You were RIGHT! The hash mark was under the pink paint. I couldn't see it until I scraped the paint off. Now my next question: there are two marks relative to the end of the crank - there is a small triangular indentation on the toothed sprocket and there is a indented line on one of the crank position sensor lobes. Do I use the one on the lobe? And lastly: which is the #1 cylinder? I think it is the cylinder in front on the left as I face the radiator. Is that correct? Thanks for your help. (Actually, I was about to get mad and say I knew what to look for )

Trying to post pic. As I said, there are no notches. Each cam pulley has 3 painted marks - none of which line up with the crankshaft mark.

I am dismantling my 1996 Subaru Legacy with 2.2 single overheat cams. I took the cover off and discovered that there is no timing mark on the crank pulley or either of the cam pulleys. Actually, there are 3 paint marks on both of the cam pulleys and none of them line up when I set the crank at TDC. Two of the paint marks are white and one is pink (on each pulley). So, how do I determine which paint mark is THE paint mark to use? Or, alternatively, how do I set the valve timing without the timing marks? Also, should one of the marks on the cam pulleys line up with the notches when I set the indicator mark on the end of the crank to its corresponding notch (with #1 at tdc)? The reason I'm dismantling the motor is, the car regularly overheated and a hydrocarbon test indicated a blown head gasket. Thanks, JH PS: Yes, I looked VERY carefully for other marks on all of the pulleys.