hpal wrote:
Thanks Simon, I understand your caution about taking it too far, but I'm in there now and the cam is as far as I'll go. Is your concern for mucking up the timing and damaging something?
nah, not really a concern - by the looks of your alternator bracket you're perfectly capable of getting it back together and sorted out. It's just a slippery slope that's all... the head is off, the radiator is out - assuming the gearbox is a rod change type, I think you're only 9 bolts and a roll-pin short of having the engine out
lets check my count...
4x engine mount bolts
2x clutch slave bolts
2x starter motor bolts
1x gearchange support rod
1x gearchange roll-pin
hpal wrote:
The cam chain actually has a nice amount of tension on it, not slack by any means. The head is already off and pushrods out, side covers are off and will take the followers out to be reground when the cam gets done. Should I maybe put the engine at #1 TDC and line timing arks up and remove gears and chain, the mark camshaft somehow before withdrawing it so it goes back in the same way?
I'd align the dots before I took it out, then you know the crank is in the right position. It's pretty hard to stuff it up when you put it back in if you're aligning the dots... the cam can only go back in the same way it came out. GR usually specifies the cam angle so you might be looking for an offset key
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