Q: I need to find tdc of the crank

asked by on July 13, 2016

I'm replacing the timing bet someone pulled the belt off and took the crank pulley off and didn't alignin the crank on tdc so I need to know how to do that I would really appreciate it

My car has 11000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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