A guy at work told me to find TDC seting my ignition timing, I can stuff a paper towel in my #1 cylinder and crack the engine until the paper towel pops out and that'll get me close enough to set the timing from there.??? How true is this?

 

i wouldnt. I would pop a valve cover and watch the valvetrain.

 

I guess that would work too. I was just wondering if anyone ever attempted the paper towel trick

 

pull the spark plug. put your finger over the spark plug hole. rotate the crank with a wrench from the crank pulley. when the compression pushes your finger off the hole, the cylinder is at TDC.

 

Or you can a bud to bump motor or use remote starter switch .Dont trust paper towels.

 

I wouldn't trust cheap paper towels...but a good name brand roll...that should do the trick.

I'm on the 'put thumb over hole, rotate with a wrench on crank pulley' crowd on this one. More precise than using the starter motor...who knows where its going to stop.