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With the tool (or your solid lifter and dial indicator base) in place on the intake lobe, rotate the engine over by hand a few revolutions just to make sure the needle on your dial indicator moves smoothly, and the lifter (or tool) does not stick in the bore. If all checks out, you can continue by rotating the engine clockwise until the lifter or tool is on the base circle, or heel, of the cam lobe, and then zero the dial indicator as shown.