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>Kind of cool that it works on that too! < I'll tell ya what's cool. This site and the attitude here are cool. Pretty much everybody is trying to help and there's not much if any condemnation of neophytes. Its not often like that on the web. So many thanks to everyone especially the...

well guess you can't see the cat logo, glare. The keyway that lined up was the second counterclockwise from the logo. what else can i screw up here?

screwed that up. let's try the pics again...

Well finally! Here's some pics of my setup. I mentioned earlier about making an oiler for the bearing. While I was at it I made it squirt the teeth too. The two holes are .009". I had to grind down a .020" drill as that was the smallest I had. The oil line was a brake line with the zinc...

Dohhhhh! there was speck of pizza on my monitor, didn't see the s in scat. :sign6: Just a guess, but when the balancer gets torqued it maybe presses the gear into the crank and while not a wear pattern from movement might still make a slight groove or indent just from the clamping force...

POS Dakota, thanks very much for that. I will definitely check out my crank gear for that. Even though it seems to fit right looking from the outside, it couldn't hurt to check inside with some mach blue or something. I must be blind but I couldn't find cat's FAQ page.

"They last longer". To me, that's not only about general condition before you have to replace it but also relative valve timing after alot of miles. The example you cite(tight on the pull side), while true when its new, I don't believe would still be true once the chain has worn. The springs...

I have to agree POS Dakota. For most its a hobby so do what makes you happy(as long as its safe!). Not that tech input isn't appreciated or valueable. If everyone were to adhere to conventional wisdom we'd all be driving much the same vehicles and all dragsters would still be slingshots. I...

I know its frustrating to wait for an answer. I can't give you one, sorry. On my 392(which interchanges with sbm timing parts) I just tapped the crank gear on all the way aftre deburring the key, didn't think to check the clearance on the back, but since you brought it up i will. But the gear...

Thanks, Moper. Its a 392.

I've got two sets of head gaskets. One is steel shim that measures .020" on the main section and .042" on the raised ribs. The other is a composite that measures .050" on the main section and .054 on the cylinder metal Orings. Also, the composites don't seem quite as centered around the...

>reason I ask is that the gear is a tight fit on the crank. I dont want to have to keep pressing it on and pulling it off. On mine the first couple tries the gear was very tight going on/off. I pulled the key and filed just a little bit on the flats and corners and reinstalled it. Went much...

Yeah, that's the way its usually done, spitting out of the plugs. My feeling is that since the bearing is recessed, positive oiling might add a little insurance.

So much for my memory. But it spurred me to think about this...I mentioned having no plug and the nozzle would provide the restriction. But suppose there ever was a problem downstream from the non existant plug, as in a busted line or something, might be good to have that restriction at the plug...

Oh, another thought. If CAT made the cam gear with the holes just a little bit more outboard, then you'd be able to assemble the unit loosely, do the newsprint thing and THEN tighten the bolts hopefully getting a much more accurate lash. The way it is now you have to loosely assemble, do the...

Yes on the slinger. Before I finalize things i need to install the slinger and damper just to make sure there's no problems. I agree on the oil robbing. Someone mentioned that the hole in the gallery plug should be about .025 if I remember right. The way I envisioned it, and I might need to...

Here's what I have so far on the oiler. Drilled intersecting holes on the back and side of the plate and simple length of 3/16" brake tubing. Its not secured yet. The end going into the plate for the gallery feed I will laser weld in place once I've got everything finalized. I happen to own a...

Ok, here's why my set was binding. The recess in the camplate is not cut deep enough. At this point it looks like it needs to be about .016" deeper but i want to estimate that in other ways. I'm basing that number on the difference between the stock retainer plate and the CAT thickness. My...

>but as we all know the plate is behind the cam timing gear so NATURALLY it would oil the chain, sprockets, gear drive and everything else in there. I was wondering about that. The position of my(392) gallery plugs looks like to me that they would squirt just on the inside of the cam gear...

>but all signs point to an unmolested engine You can't bank on that. The dizzy is not in right. The fix is free so why don't you try that before spending time and money on the timing set? In the process of elimination you usually start with either the most obvious or the easiest. Pull and...

The original description had the vaccum canister something like 90 degrees counterclockwise from normal position, if i read that right. Wouldn't that indicate someone pulled out the intermeadiate shaft(maybe for priming?) and reinstalled it wrong., and then turned the dist enough to time it by...

>I had to countersunk the 4 Allen bolts behind the cam gear< Yeah I thought that might be the problem so I checked for clearance and it seemed OK. I did see some rubbing on the plate, like the cam gear was pinching. I backed off the cambolt a little and it freed up. Fingers crossed on the new...

Yeah sounds like the dizzy off a tooth or two. I picked up a Fury once that way, for super cheap because everyone at the dealership missed it, well except for my friend who worked there and clued me into the deal :P. I would also check that the gasket is still there.

Ok here's the pic. Once I stopped reading the directions and just did what looked right it went pretty easy. Except that since I'm deleting the fuel pump eccentric the cam would bind against the plate and jam everything up. Once I figured what the problem was I ordered the special eccentric...

Yesterday I did the basic install on my 392. Was gonna snap pics for you all but the batteries crapped out. I'll post some later this week maybe. Mine came with no instructions, used the online version, which are so generalized that they are not real helpful. For instance, it says install the...

Umm, pardon what might be a dumb question but...on the CAT don't I see several keyways on the crankgear? Wouldn't you use those for degreeing?

Interesting to see the Milodon and the CAT have the idler on different sides and the hole drilled in diff places. Any input as to the hole drilling...ie hole does or does not hit water/oil or something like that? You can definitely see the Milodon is engineered more. Is simple good enough...

Thanks, I kinda had the gut feeling that more dwell might increase the likelihood of detonation, but didn't know it as a fact. So if I stroked it with a 7.100 rod(stock length is 6.951") with a chevy journal would you say the safe thing would be to ease back on the CR? On the other hand I'm...

When going to a longer connecting rod, piston dwell at TDC increases which increases torque as I've read. I'm not sure why but that's not my questiom right now. Question is what are the practical consequences of increased dwell. Will this make the motor more or less prone to detonation which...

Well, that's another part of the equation. I haven't measured the spring pressure yet but interpolating from the build sheet(I bought these heads finished) open pressure is likely to be around 325lbs if I go with the .450 lift cam I already have on hand. I know 450 doesn't sound like much but...