mopardude318 said

OK well I got the timing cover off...One thing that was kinda of weird was when I was pulling the harmonic balancer off..It came off by hand, it was a little difficult to do by hand, but as I grabbed it with both hands and wiggled and shimmied it off, I didn't have to use a puller...Is that bad?? Do I need a new one, and check the radius of the crank snout?

The timing chain is a double roller and was tight, didn't appear to be worn out, and the cam thrust plate behind the timing gear was tight, and it doesn't move forward. The eccentric was okay and so was the oil slinger..

And the harmonic balancer wasn't rubbing on the timing cover either...

So I guess the next step is to pull the cam...So I'm off to pull the manifold and rocker gear to get that cam out...

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