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Hi Gordon, you MUST establish the 2 marks on the timing gears, this is the very first item to look for, once you've done that you can move forward!

Thanks, Gary in N.Y.

P.S. I believe the timing marks are probably on the gears just difficult to see, especially the crank gear. Judging by the photo I also don't believe the bottom gear to be on "backwards", there's a huge chamfer on the backside of that gear to clear the heavy radius from the snout to the face of the front main. It is large enough to stop both gears from being even with each other in the front.