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I,ve managed to do this twice before without dissembling
everything...first time took hours but the second about 5 minutes :-) I just
used a long flat tipped screwdriver and a torch.
The tesioner has to be EXACTLY inline and EXACTLY square with
the hole to go back in as it is a perfect fit in the bore...that's the thing
that makes it so difficult to refit without timing cover removal.
Snap-on also do a tool for L series timing chains but as usual
it's expensive. Looks nice though :-)
Craig you can get the tensioner back
in ( but not easy ) with a lot of patience . U need a small tire iron ( lever
) with a curl at one end and use this end with a torch ( so you can see what
you are doing ) and lever the left side of the cam chain back where they seem
closest . ( viewed from top) { this is with the head off } before
you attempt this you need to have a piece of wood ( size and
measurements is in the archives I think ) to put down between the chains when
you get the tensioner in , good luck
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help!
I just had my L18 head reconditioned, ported and polished and had a
medium street performance crow cam fitted. the only two things I was told to
do by the guy at the autopro shop before I took the head off was to set
number 1 piston at TDC compression stroke, and make sure I didn't drop the
timing chain. I did this. so now I'm at the stage of putting the head back
on.
but now somebody else has told me that if the timing chain wasn't tight
(which it isn't, it's hanging by a coat-hanger from the bonnet catch with
about 1 inch of slack) I'd have to take the timing cover off to make sure it
hadn't fallen off the bottom cog? (can you tell I've never done this
before?!) anyway, I'm about to replace the cam sprocket and loop the timing
chain up over it but there's 3 small holes at 90 degrees to each
other (on the cam sprocket) that can each line up with the one circular
extrusion on the end of the cam.
do I really have to take the timing cover off?
so which hole fits onto this extrusion? the middle one??
what angle is the camshaft meant to be at? (the circular extrusion on
the end of the cam is now at the 12 o'clock
position)
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