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Is this timing image correct?

pyrodenis

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Please help.
I am trying to time my 97 Mercury 90 elpto.
I am using 1994-1998-Mercury-75-thru-125-Manual-mfp76g
The image in this manual shows
Timing.jpg
But, since the flywheel is turning clockwise, anything to the right of zero would be ATDC. RIGHT?
Thanks, Pyrodenis
 
Is the timing sticker on the flywheel or somewhere else.----Might make a difference.

There is no sticker anywhere.
The timing marks are on the flywheel. The manual tells me the settings. But, the image in my initial post (from the manual) seems wrong. With the flywheel spinning clockwise (right to left), I would expect the numbers to the LEFT of 0 to be Before Top Dead Center. That's NOT what the image shows.

Someone who has set the timing on these Merc 2 stroke would know. This is a 1997 Mercury 90 elpto
 
But if the #1 plug fires as 0 is passing the pointer, which it is supposed to, it is firing Before it reaches TDC, regardless whether the markings are on the flywheel or a sticker on a cowling bracket. And that makes the image pyrodenis posted correct
 
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