Timing marks disapeard on lightend flywheel.
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There are no timing marks or aligment marks on this lightend flywheel.
It´s a pre verto.
Probally dissapeard with the machining...but never marked before machining or so..



Am i correct to say that the number 3 i wrote on it with a marker is the correct position where the timing marks should be?
As i can see from a original flywheel..if you a follow the line between 1 , 2 , and at number 3 is where the marks are on a original one.


Aswell there isn´t any aligment mark on the (non original) lightend pressure plate ,as there is original an A stamped on the original pressure plate.
The lightend one the right side


As you can see where the A mark is stamped on the original:


I bought it a few years ago in a second hand engine,ripped it apart and never marked it myself..So now the question is..how to line it al up??
Anybody experiance with this?
Thanks.

It's a little car .... eating big money

why bother marking it up??? when you have a perfectly good timing mark on the fanbelt pully? i dont know anyone who uses the marks on the flywheel...

If you are just looking for balance of all the parts, III in your photo would normally be top along with "A" from memory (I may be wrong, brain cells a little old) but it's an antique two part flywheel..... it ought to be in the Science Museum :)

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

I thought the clutch could be out of balance if not correct fitted...

And it's an A short block..not an A+..so no timing marks on the fanbelt pully..

It's a little car .... eating big money

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

So for the flywheel i'm pretty sure indeed that i'm correct on the timing-mark-side..
So i can make them into the flywheel with a dremel or hacksaw.
Thanks for that reply already.

That leaves the question for the pressure plate..How to know wich side is the correct side for fitting.
Looked for a second time on al sides..but no A stamped or other marks..
Is it possible that it is in perfect balance and doesn't need an A mark?
So no worry's about fitting..it's always correct??
In my opinion it can't be that perfect..so what do you guy's think?

It's a little car .... eating big money

If the pressure plate has lost its "A" mark, it's hard to answer.

I can see a lot of drillings in the flywheel suggesting it has all been balanced after the weight removal but if the pressure plate isn't marked to match, it's impossible to tell how it was balanced.

Unless there are similar drillings in it (not in the photos) the pressure plate can't be in perfect balance.

Your best hope without marks is that it is close to correct balance - It's a lot lighter than the flywheel - so shouldn't make too much difference.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

There are no similar drillings in the pressure plate.
So hopefully it's not a big problem if i just fit it and hope the best..

The flywheel had a lot of drilling holes indeed to balance it.

Thanks for replying Rod S.

It's a little car .... eating big money

I would swap that flywheel, or at least get it balanced as an assembly once more so you are sure.

Problem solved!
I made the timing marks on the flywheel with a dremel and number stamps.
Looked at numerous of pictures off flywheels and there is only one correct side where the marks should be to line up with the rest.
Also opend up another clutch from an early A engine to make sure.

The pressure plate is balanced this afternoon at a local machineshop,first tried it at home with a kitchen-scale and i was only 4 gram's off..it's also marked for the next time it comes apart. [on the bench that is.]
That for the price off a sixpack..

It's a little car .... eating big money