882.0 liter Ford Ranger
2007-01-10 09:33:54 · 10 answers · asked by paco 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
TDC is the point were the piston is as close to the cylinder head as possible and the place in the engine's rotation where both inlet and exhaust valves are closed.
2007-01-10 10:13:51 · answer #1 · answered by ilegzdins 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You sure you are working on a Ranger? 882L sounds like an awful big engine.
Rotate the engine until the #1 piston is at the top of the cylinder. Top Dead Center is indicated on the crankshaft pulley at 0
degrees. To be sure it is on the compression stroke, remove the rocker arm cover, and watch the valves operate. When the intake opens then closes, rotate until the exhaust is closed and you are at TDC.
2007-01-10 10:13:56 · answer #2 · answered by eferrell01 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
TDC = Top Dead Center. The piston on number one cylinder has to be at the top of its' stroke. One way to tell, if you are very carefull, remove the spark plugs, you want to turn this thing by hand for most accuracy, don't use the starter. Put your finger over the hole, turn the motor using a breaker bar on the crank bolt. When you start to feel pressure on your finger, it is on compression stroke. Now if you're carefull, you may be able to get away with sticking a long screwdriver down in that hole to use as a referrence. Now rotate until it is as far up as it will go, just before it starts going back down, that is TDC.
2007-01-10 10:16:29 · answer #3 · answered by Cougar_SRC 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Insert a length of stiff wire such as a coathanger through the sparkplug hole and rotate the crankshaft until it is pushed as far out as it will go. This will only be approximate as the cranshft will rotate a little without moving the piston very much. To locate it with a greater degree of accuracy mark the wire 1/2" from this position and move the crankshaft to align with this mark. Do this before and after TDC. Mark your pulley at these positions and TDC will be located between these marks.
2016-05-23 06:32:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
tdc : top dead center. when workin on your 88 4 cyl 2.0 check to see whether its suposed to be before or after TDC . you must be timing the engine?
2007-01-10 14:47:57 · answer #5 · answered by rs_camaro_04062 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
tdc means top dead center. it means it has to be on the top of the cylinder.
2007-01-10 10:05:59 · answer #6 · answered by shepardman1 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Top Dead Center. Meaning the piston is at the very top of it's stroke and BOTH valves are closed.
2007-01-10 10:21:21 · answer #7 · answered by Mike B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Top Dead Center
2007-01-10 10:17:04 · answer #8 · answered by Harley-HST 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Top Dead Center
2007-01-10 10:07:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
top dead center/tdc
2007-01-14 08:32:07 · answer #10 · answered by rbeardahl 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋