Cam degreeing help me understand!

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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Ok, there's no way in hell you can be on that OR stay on that straight through turning the engine. You need this, and you need to make a piston stop. Real easy. Piece of 2x4 the width of the deck. Bolt it on with two head bolts. Drill a hole in the middle and put a bolt and nut in it and tighten it down. Then bolt that on the deck.

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