HEY DOUGAL, THE KEY WAY ON THE CRANK, SHOULD BE SET AT 12.00 OCLOCK BOTH THE INTAKE AND THE EX VLV SHOULD BE CLOSE
AND THE TIMING MARK ON THE DAMPNER SHOULD BE AT TDC, THIS WILL BE ON NO ONE CYL COMPRESSION, WHEN THE PUMP IS INSTALLED THE MARK ON THE PUMP SHOULD LINE UP PRETTY STRAIGHT, WITH THE MARK ON THE ALUMINUM HOUSING ARROW,THE HALF TOOTH PART IS PROBABLY JUST FROM THE BACKLASH IN ALL THE GEARS, IF YOU ARE OFF BY A FULL TOOTH, YOU CAN TELL EASY THE MARKS WONT COME VERY CLOSE , NOW IF YOU WILL SET THE PUMP EXTERNAL TIMING MARK SLASH ,THIS IS THE UPPER OUTBOARD ATTACHING BOLT WHERE IT IS MARKED , LINE IT UP DEAD ON WITH THE LINE ON THE FRT HOUSING, NOW ROTATE THE PUMP OUTBOARD JUST ENOUGH THAT THE LINE ON THE PUMP ITSELF IS RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE LINE ON THE FRT HOUSING , IN OTHER WORDS IF YOU COULD SLIDE THEM TOWARDS EACH OTHER THE LINE ON THE PUMP WOULD BE UNDER THE LINE ON THE HOUSING , BUT WOULD BE TOUCHING IT AND YOUR TIMING SHOULD BE PRETTY DANG CLOSE , UNLESS YOU THEN WANT TO TAKE APART NO ONE INJ AND DO THE SPILL PORT TIMING PROCEDURE , AND THAT IS KINDA MESSY , JERRY