kdspapa
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- 99 Mountaineer AWD 5.0L
My 99 Mounty 5.0L has been showing a, if I remember correctly, P1309 code after I replaced my synchronizer and sensor. I thought I found TDC correctly but after my original post, in the New Member forum, and receiving a reply about my timing procedure, I purchased a piston stop and tried to verify TDC again. I found that when #1 piston is at the top of the compression stroke, the timing mark on the balancer is pointing due south toward the ground. I only see the one mark on the balancer which is a channel. Can someone verify for me that the balancer can be installed this way. Could it have been done this way to make it easier to time or something. I guess I must have installed the synchronizer 80 to 90 degrees off. Thanks in advance for your help!