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Putting together a 218 for a customer. The oil pickup screen goes into the tube that is screwed into the block and has a cotter pin to hold it in place. My question is, Is there supposed to be an o-ring or some sort of packing around the tube on the screen where it slips into the tube screwed into the block? Its a loose fit and seems to me that it would suck air around there. It also seems that if the oil level is correct the connection would be submerged in oil and make it a non issue. Cant find anything in the manual or parts catalog mentioning a gasket of any type. Just want to make certain before I button this thing up. Thanks Gene

Thanks guys. Appreciate it.

Makes sense to me....just want to be certain. I cleaned...wire brushed and then bead blasted the pulley. Not a mark, knotch, nothing.

No dampner, just a hub and pulley. No marks on it to be found. Aligning the marks as it says in the manual leaves the exhaust valve slightly open on #1 cylinder and both valves closed on #6 cylinder. That tells me #6 is TDC on compression and #1 is TDC on exhaust. Rotate it 360 degrees and that puts it TDC compression on #1 and TDC exhaust on #6. Which then puts the marks at 12 and 12 as opposed to 12 and 6. Just wanting to verify.

Been digging around on this site and cant seem to find what im looking for. I am working on 1949 218 for a customer. Not a motor I normally work on so I just want to make sure im on the right track. When installing the cam gear I notice that if the timing marks on the two gears are facing one another (12 & 6) that is TDC on #6. If I set them at 12 and 12 that seems to be TDC on #1. Am I correct in thinking that I can set my marks at 12 and 12 and index my oil pump and install the distributer with it facing #1 or 7 oclock. I have looked at the pulley several times and have found no timing marks for me to verify with. I was going to use my magnetic dial indicator to establish TDC and mark the pulley once I have this thing timed and before I put the head on. Would also assume I can set them at 12 and 6, index my pump and install my distributer at #6 or 1 oclock? I realize the cam and crank are directly on top of one another like a v8. I think you get my drift with the references to the clock. Any help would be greatly appreciated on this. Thanks, Gene