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I have enjoyed playing with our Dolphin but realize now, the Wife and I will never use it. Have had it 4 years. Have installed solar panels, LED lights, shocks, muffler, belts, hoses ect. Runs great and was getting it check for Calif. smog. Has always passed without a glitch. I think in four years we have driven it a total of 300 miles. Prior to offering it for sale a week ago the mechanic that test drove it, says it runs fine. Seems today, the smog guys were perplexed. They indicated the engine sounds fine and emissions are in spec. They indicated as well, the timing appears to be almost 30 degrees out of spec. They admitted that that could not be the case since the engine runs so well. I took it back to the Toyota mechanic that test drove it a week ago and he agreed, the engine runs fine. He suggested that it is possible that the pulley with the timing marks has twisted a bit on the vibration damper and now the timing mark is way out of position. I have done a number of searches on timing, crank pulley timing mark etc to no avail. Can any of you 'old timers' provide insight as to why my engine starts, runs and pulls the camper uphill nicely, but when someone puts a timing light on the pulley, the mark is no-where in sight. Thanks guys. Gerry