RAM 2500 Truck 2WD L6-359 5.9L DSL Turbo VIN D FI (1997)
20. Remove rubber air tube connecting turbocharger to air cleaner housing.
21. The engine can be rotated with a barring tool such as Snap-On No. SP371, MTE No. 3377371 (Cummins Tool Division), or an equivalent.
22. The opening for barring tool is located in rear flange of engine on exhaust manifold side. Remove rubber access plug covering this opening.
23. Insert barring tool into flywheel housing opening.
24. while holding tension on timing pin (towards front of engine), very slowly rotate engine (counterclockwise as viewed from front) with barring tool.
Rotating barring tool counterclockwise will rotate crankshaft clockwise. Continue to rotate until timing pin drops into machined hole in back of
camshaft gear. When pin aligns to gear, engine is now at TDC position (compression stroke) at cylinder number 1.
