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Product: EXCAVATOR
Model: 320D L EXCAVATOR MGG
Configuration: 320D & 320D L Excavators MGG00001-UP (MACHINE) POWERED BY C6.4 Engine

Testing and Adjusting

C4.2 and C6.4 Engines for Caterpillar Built Machines
Media Number -KENR6741-23 Publication Date -01/07/2013 Date Updated -30/07/2013

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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.

Note: A timing mark for top dead center is present on the crankshaft pulley. If the mark cannot be
found or if the mark is suspected to be incorrect, refer to the procedure below.

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.

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Illustration 1 g01420177

(A) 299-9126 Crankshaft Turning Tool

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

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 contacts 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 1 degrees or 2 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 contacts 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.

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Illustration 2 g01811376

(1) Pointer

(2) Pulley

(3) Top center mark

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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