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Finding Top Center Position For No. 1 Piston: Testing and Adjusting

This document provides instructions for finding the top center position of the number 1 piston on a Caterpillar 3066 engine. It describes using a crankshaft turning tool to rotate the crankshaft while opening and closing the number 1 inlet valve with spacers to make alignment marks on the damper or pulley, which when aligned indicates top center position.

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Finding Top Center Position For No. 1 Piston: Testing and Adjusting

This document provides instructions for finding the top center position of the number 1 piston on a Caterpillar 3066 engine. It describes using a crankshaft turning tool to rotate the crankshaft while opening and closing the number 1 inlet valve with spacers to make alignment marks on the damper or pulley, which when aligned indicates top center position.

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Product:  EXCAVATOR
Model:  320C EXCAVATOR AMC
Configuration: 320C & 320C L Excavators AMC00001-UP (MACHINE)
POWERED BY 3066 Engine

Testing and Adjusting


3064 and 3066 Engines for Caterpillar Built Machines
Media Number -SENR5546-12 Publication Date -01/05/2008 Date Updated -30/05/2008

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Finding Top Center Position for No. 1 Piston


SMCS - 1105-531

Note: Refer to the Disassembly and Assembly for your machine for the removal of components.

Table 1

Required Tools
Callout Part Number Description Quantity
A 299-9126 Crankshaft Turning Tool 1

1. Remove the valve mechanism cover from the engine.

Illustration 1 g01420177
(A) 299-9126 Crankshaft Turning Tool

2. Install Tooling (A) on the engine's flywheel housing. Use Tooling (A) in order to rotate the engine.
Refer to Illustration 1.

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3. Rotate the crankshaft clockwise when you face the front of the engine. Rotate the crankshaft until the
pushrod for the inlet valve of the rear cylinder begins to tighten.

4. Rotate the crankshaft further by 1/8 of a turn in a clockwise direction. Insert a suitable lever between
the rocker arm and the valve spring cap of the No. 1 inlet valve. Open the inlet valve. Put a spacer that
is approximately 5 mm (0.2 inch) thick between the valve stem and the rocker arm.

5. Slowly rotate the crankshaft in a counterclockwise direction until the piston makes contact with the
open valve. Make a temporary mark on the damper or the pulley. The temporary make must align
accurately with the tip of the pointer.

6. Rotate the crankshaft in a clockwise direction by one or two degrees. Remove the spacer that is
between the valve stem and the rocker arm. Rotate the crankshaft by 1/4 of a turn in a
counterclockwise direction. Put a spacer that is approximately 5 mm (0.2 inch) thick between the
valve stem and the rocker lever of the No. 1 inlet valve.

7. Slowly rotate the crankshaft clockwise until the piston makes contact with the open valve. Make
another temporary mark on the damper or the pulley. The temporary mark must align accurately with
the tip of the pointer.

8. Make a temporary mark at the center point between the two marks on the damper or the pulley.
Remove the other two marks. Rotate the crankshaft by 1/8 of a turn in a counterclockwise direction.
Remove the spacer between the valve stem and the rocker arm.

Illustration 2 g01811376
(1) Pointer

(2) Pulley

(3) Top center mark

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Illustration 3 g01830733
(1) Pointer

(2) Pulley

(3) Top center mark

9. Slowly rotate the crankshaft in a clockwise direction until the mark on the damper of the pulley (2),
which was made in Step 8, aligns with the tip of the pointer (1). The No. 1 piston is now at the top
center on the compression stroke. Refer to Illustration 2 and Illustration 3.

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