Actually it might be... My friend and I were just talking about that. I did the "blow the finger out of the spark plug hole" method and I just learned the exhaust stroke will do almost the same thing.

So that could be it. I have checked for TDC at lest 10 times, so it seems like one of those times I would have accidentally got it correct. Maybe not though... I will check that again, and do a compression test to see if the head is okay.

Ryan

1984 Mitsubishi Montero, 2.6l - 5 speed