Timing help

[John Dol]

Since my engine needs proper timing before I can tackle the EZ EFI issue I went and bought a TDC tool, and a TDC stop tool.
Put the TDC tool in the #1 spark plug hole and turned the crank to TDC on compression.

TDC tool.jpg

Marked the extension at TDC. Removed the tool and put in the TDC stop tool. Adjusted till it could go no more (assuming that's hitting the top of the piston).
This is where the timing pointer ended up vs the #1 plug on the distributor.

TDC distributor.jpg

Then cranked the engine backwards till it would hit the stopper again. It goes passed the previous mark and does not hit the stop.

TDC distributor after.jpg


Then when I remove the stopper and compare to the marks I made on the TDC tool they are lined up in length


TDC and stop tool.JPG

What am I missing?

Thanks,

John