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Nobody asked me about the "new" W-body Cutlass. I thought the first few years of the 2-door were STUNNING from the outside. Of course, as is so typical, after styling a knockout car, they screw it up after a couple of model-years just to be "different". Should have left it alone. The interior was what they NEVER got right; at least on the bread-and-butter models. Digital dash? What the hell were they thinking? I wound up with a Chevy Lumina Euro 3.4, but what I wanted was a Cutlass two-door with the 3.4. I saw one in black, in the Big Sky ski-lodge parking lot in '88--'90, and about fell in love right there. SWMBO decreed that we have a 4-door; and around here 3.4s were so scarce that I bought the only 4-door I could find at the time. Had to drive 160 miles (round trip) to even find that one. AFTER we actually bought the thing, my local Chevy dealer had one in red instead of white, and with a CD player instead of cassette. About the same price, too. If only I could predict the future!

It’s been awhile since this was posted, but I used a wooden dowel to find TDC on mine. Glad I did, because the timing mark on the dampener was off by about 6 degrees. The plug location makes it easy to determine TDC...turn the engine by hand till the dowel stops rising on #1, and mark the position on the damper with chalk. Turn backwards, and do the same, and mark. TDC will be between the two chalk marks...mark that spot with paint.