Thanks Smallblock,
I see the two small white dots on the crankshaft gear in your picture, were they there from the factory or did you add them?
The small marks on mine look like they were added with one of those vibrating electric scribe tools. Be that as it may they do not line up as the dots depicted in your picture. They are approximately thirty degrees above the counter balance punch mark when the camshaft gear is aligned with the crankshaft.
As I noted in my previous post, the engine turns freely by hand and the valve openings are as described in the manual when it is at TDC. In a day or so I'll let you know if it a) it works fine, b) vibrates like mad, or c) it blew up.
