Timing chain confusion.

[Kalums]

Originally Posted by geezer#99

Put cam at 6 and crank at 12. That’s #6 tdc compression. Rotate crank once and you’ll have #1tdc compression.
Designed that way. Easier for the engine guy to line up two dots right close togethor than try to eyeball two dots a long ways apart. Less chance of error.
If I see your timing tab/balancer mark correctly then your marks are only 4 degrees off.

That picture was from when I first lined it up to try to find TDC, I have since used a piston stop, hand cranking both directions letting it "stop" and marking the middle... Which is about 90 degrees to the driver's side from that mark... But the caveat to that is my balancer is loose (rubber is rotten) and only takes a little force to move. I'm surprised it hasn't flown off tbh