Pulled the Mess that was my Timing Chain....
Finally putting it all back together. Installed the timing chain, oil pump, and fuel pump back on. Also spent some time with a putty knife and scraping off globs and handfuls of old gunk and grease off, revealing the much nicer looking turquoise paint underneath it all.
I torqued down the camshaft sprocket bolt properly and then took the sprocket and tried to wiggle it to see if it would wiggle from the worn surface. No movement at all.
I know there are a billion questions about timing already on the Slant topic, but I wanted to ask now because I replaced the camshaft and the rocker shaft is off (so all the valves are closed). I know that when the dots on the sprockets point at each other, you need to set it to #6 on the distributor. But my teacher was telling me that since all the valves are closed anyways, you could set it to #1 and be fine. My thought is is that once I get the lifters and the rest of the top end put together, #6 will still be on the power stroke while #1 will be on exhaust rather than power. Am I right, or is he right?
Tomorrow I'll be checking the rear main seal just to see if it is leaking (since it's all torn apart anyways), then pushing through to clean, lube, and bolt the oil pan, install a new water pump, and put on timing cover and hopefully install lifters and push rods if I have time... I'm feeling better already that I can double/triple check everything to make sure it will run better than ever.
Progress, it's happening!
Finally putting it all back together. Installed the timing chain, oil pump, and fuel pump back on. Also spent some time with a putty knife and scraping off globs and handfuls of old gunk and grease off, revealing the much nicer looking turquoise paint underneath it all.
I torqued down the camshaft sprocket bolt properly and then took the sprocket and tried to wiggle it to see if it would wiggle from the worn surface. No movement at all.
I know there are a billion questions about timing already on the Slant topic, but I wanted to ask now because I replaced the camshaft and the rocker shaft is off (so all the valves are closed). I know that when the dots on the sprockets point at each other, you need to set it to #6 on the distributor. But my teacher was telling me that since all the valves are closed anyways, you could set it to #1 and be fine. My thought is is that once I get the lifters and the rest of the top end put together, #6 will still be on the power stroke while #1 will be on exhaust rather than power. Am I right, or is he right?
Tomorrow I'll be checking the rear main seal just to see if it is leaking (since it's all torn apart anyways), then pushing through to clean, lube, and bolt the oil pan, install a new water pump, and put on timing cover and hopefully install lifters and push rods if I have time... I'm feeling better already that I can double/triple check everything to make sure it will run better than ever.
Progress, it's happening!