Cam degreeing help me understand!

I thought you had one of those fittings that plugs into the lifter bore you put the dial indicator in. You have all sorts of room for error then. It sounds like you are using the hydraulic lifter to measure off of. You cannot do that. "whatever" you use between the dial indicator and the lobe must be solid. You cannot use the hydraulic lifter plunger.
No I'm just using a lifter im just using the side if the lifter the solid part. I wish I would have taken better pictures this morning.

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