[dsraven]

if you don't have a piston stopper, like 1 project advises, remove a spark plug and improvise using a piece of hard rubber or vinyl tube down the #1 spark plug hole. turn the engine slowly as you watch the tubing slowly rise as the piston comes up to tdc. use a piece of masking tape on the vibe damper so you can mark the tdc point as well as possible(mark when the tubing stops rising and again as it starts going down again). mark the tape when the tubing stops rising, then again when it starts dropping. take the happy medium between those two marks as TDC. it is the poor mans way (yup used it lots myself). then make a quick mark on the damper with a punch or whatever. you can put a pointer anywhere at this point and then simply align the new degree tape where it need to be to line up with the pointer. clean the vibe damper well with some sandpaper and a quick coat of laquer, then apply the new tape.