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Rebuilding my transmission and I am looking for either a whole transmission or gears. I have 1 gear that is worn pretty bad where it meshes Thanks Dean Fink

Hello! I'm rebuilding my first engine (oldsmobile 394 cui from 1960). Bought an deluxe rebuild kit that also included new camshaft (from a starfire), timing chain and sprockets. Now to the problem, I can't seem to get the marks on the sprockets to line up. The cylinder #1 is in TDC and I know that the crank sprocket marking should be at 12 o clock while the cam sprocket marking should be at 6 o clock, right? It doesn't mather how I install the sprockets, the marks will always have a little distance. I can't get the cam sprocket to get at exactly 6 o clock. Is this how it is meant to be or have I done something wrong? How much will this do for the timing, will the engine run correctly? Maybe it has something to do with the swap to a starfire camshaft? I also noticed that the marks on the old sprockets were bigger than on the new ones. Pictures of the markings: http://oi45.tinypic.com/2qiplcj.jpg http://oi48.tinypic.com/rh66tv.jpg (red line where it's supposed to be??) Greetings, Andreas from Sweden