Ok boys here is what I did

I pulled pull start housing off

Pulled head off

Marked 3 locations 1 on the engine case
1 on the cage that the pull starter grabs and 1 at the bottom of the cage all with a ruler

I also used other places on the engine case and pull start cage for alignment marks..

I made all marks with mag side at TDC

I rotated the engine til the PTO was at TDC and found the marks to line up perfectly.

I am pulling the mag side jug tomorrow to have the cylinder inspected and reworked for a new piston, and inspection to see if any melted aluminum
made it to the crank case. Most likley thats the case so the engine is coming out so I can split the cases to give it a good clean.

more to come on the rebuild of this 02 XC 800

-Roger