# 1999 Toyota Tacoma - setting timing after replacing head gasket **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** tacoma, toyota\ **Created:** [May 7, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-toyota-tacoma-setting-timing-after-replacing-head-gasket/163977 "2020-05-07T15:23:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![olive20201996](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a183cd/32.png) [@olive20201996](https://community.cartalk.com/u/olive20201996)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-toyota-tacoma-setting-timing-after-replacing-head-gasket/163977/1 "2020-05-07T15:23:29Z")
How do you set the timing after replacing the head gasket? 1999 Toyota Tacoma 2.7 ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-toyota-tacoma-setting-timing-after-replacing-head-gasket/163977/2 "2020-05-08T18:55:38Z")
Buy a Chilton or Haynes shop manual for your truck It will show you which marks to line up ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-toyota-tacoma-setting-timing-after-replacing-head-gasket/163977/3 "2020-05-08T19:56:52Z")
To start, you have to be sure your cylinder #1 is at TDC on the compression stroke (not the exhaust stroke) and that the valves are all closed on cylinder #1. I second the Haynes or Chilton suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-toyota-tacoma-setting-timing-after-replacing-head-gasket/163977/4 "2020-05-08T20:38:43Z")
If you’re taking about the ignition timing, that’s controlled by the computer. Tester ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-toyota-tacoma-setting-timing-after-replacing-head-gasket/163977/5 "2020-05-08T21:32:42Z")
have You started the job? Should you?