Weber advice,...

[RRoller123]

OK, so, you can set a dial gauge with an extension rod on it, down inside piston #1. Keep it vertical, and find a suitable spot for the magnetic base to sit on. (I know it should be #4 not #1, but it is easier to set up than on #4, just make sure that the valves of #4 are on the compression stroke). This will allow you to find TDC for #4, and much better actually than a crank pointer would do. Then set the cams to the cam wheel pointers, and you can eliminate valve timing as an issue. I hope this is helpful.

Pete

[SteinOnkel]

No, steiny. Read,...I DO NOT HAVE A POINTER FOR MY CRANKSHAFT. Therefore, I could NOT have set my crank on that mark.

Sorry, my crystal ball is currently in the shop. How the hell am I supposed to know you don't have a mark on your crankshaft? How are you doing anything on your motor without one? Use one of the ten million methods to determine TDC and then make a mark. Come on, man, this is engine building 101. A solid TDC mark is your first, second and third priority. No wonder your junk isn't running right.

Mark on the pulley, NO pointer to match it with,...

So get one.

And you don't know ANYTHING about this carb,...how can you make these assumptions?!

After the millions of pages you have written about your oh-so-complicated and altitude sensitive carburetor, I think I'm a certified expert on the subject. As is everyone else here. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that manufacturing defects are rare, but they do happen. The bigger issue might be between the computer screen and the back rest of the chair...

I'm talking about the same thing that I brought up a year ago,...and no one read, or remembers! Cams align with pointers, but with NO REFERENCE for the crank, who knows where, exactly, it needs to be.
No wonder I've gotten no where on this forum,...

...and we're done. Let me tell you something, nobody here is being paid to help you. We're all doing this as a courtesy to you. And you constantly shoot our advice down, ignore it outright and then moan that nobody helps you.

[geospider]

http://fiatspider.com/f15/viewtopic.php?t=32475

look at this post. Get one of these pointers from SOMEONE and you will have your reference.

These are what is on '79s

[wetminkey]

Steiny,...No crystal ball required, dude. I've mentioned not having a crankshaft timing pointer repeatedly over the past year,...you must have missed it. Guessing is not appreciated, thanks.
Yup, geo. That's what went with my old, worn out core block, twenty years ago...now to FIND one.
Funny that I was able to place the timing belt properly in 2004,...without the timing pointer.
Post what you want here, I'm done with this thread,...

[seabeelt]

Re- reading some old threads Was this ever solved, carb or timing marks? As far as the timing goes - to measure TDC you can always stick a pencil - rubber end to the cylinder in a spark plug hole and hand turn the engine until the pencil is at the top of its arc Kind of old school but it works You are now at top dead center (make sure it’s the compression stroke) number 1 cylinder Check the pointers for the cam sprockets.

Do you have a Haynes or chiltons manual?