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Leave intake manifold off and look at the lifter plunger, when you load the lifter, the center will descend from contact with the snap ring that retains it in assembly.
 
Breeze, you're not wrong...

For instance, I have cut apart a 15" speaker so I can drain the oil over the magnet and see what it catches..

 
89 Fox 427 said:
Well as you would expect, I went overkill, set my dial indicator on the rocker, moved pushrod up and down until there was no more movement on the indicator.

EOIC this time around.

Every other time, I've used the TDC method.
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EOIC works on every 4 stroke engine ever made.

But on many engines with smallish cams the TDC method also works just fine, unless you have a strange cam.
 
Mike Beck said:
EOIC works on every 4 stroke engine ever made.

But on many engines with smallish cams the TDC method also works just fine, unless you have a strange cam.
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Or a cam with compression release function.

Gotta be careful.
 
OP, if you're going to fire it up in your apartment garage, and this is going to make you feel uncomfortable, have you considered flat towing it to a parking lot where you can F with stuff with it and not worry about the management complaining?
 
I have to work all day tomorrow.

Pippin has surgery Tuesday, I'll be at her side all day and all night if I need to. I'm at the mercy of dickless, if she's feeling well Wednesday or Thursday, you guys might hear it roar to life again
 
In all seriousness. This is the ONLY automotive thread I really follow on here. I fix junk for a living, and nothing about automotive anything is exciting or fun for me anymore, especially ancient ford shit. In fact, i wish I would have never got into the automotive industry. I suspect sarge feels the same way...

I have spent my entire Sunday afternoon doing a timing chain on a piece of shit 2012 malibu ecotec engine, while checking in occasionally to see how some ford retard on the internet is doing.

I'm simply here for the ride, to support, to see you succeed. You really deserve it.

I genuinely wish you success.

I hope that registers. Take care of that pup.
 
89 Fox 427 said:
I have to work all day tomorrow.

Pippin has surgery Tuesday, I'll be at her side all day and all night if I need to. I'm at the mercy of dickless, if she's feeling well Wednesday or Thursday, you guys might hear it roar to life again
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The car is a hobby , finish it when you have the spare time ,

Best wishes for the mutt .
 
Mr. Breeze said:
In all seriousness. This is the ONLY automotive thread I really follow on here. I fix junk for a living, and nothing about automotive anything is exciting or fun for me anymore, especially ancient ford shit. In fact, i wish I would have never got into the automotive industry. I suspect sarge feels the same way...

I have spent my entire Sunday afternoon doing a timing chain on a piece of shit 2012 malibu ecotec engine, while checking in occasionally to see how some ford retard on the internet is doing.

I'm simply here for the ride, to support, to see you succeed. You really deserve it.

I genuinely wish you success.

I hope that registers. Take care of that pup.
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I did one on an Equinox. Some of the bolts I just had to fell around for, no way to actually see them. Have I told ya all how much I HATE CAM PHASERS!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a piece of shit design, and I don't care what brand we are talking about, they are a failure point at one time or another. Gimme fucking push rods and a solid timing chain setup any day!
 
Mike Beck said:
I did one on an Equinox. Some of the bolts I just had to fell around for, no way to actually see them. Have I told ya all how much I HATE CAM PHASERS!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a piece of shit design, and I don't care what brand we are talking about, they are a failure point at one time or another. Gimme fucking push rods and a solid timing chain setup any day!
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LS motors pretty much proved that pushrods are the way to go for street engines.

I have one word for people who deny that: "Godzilla".
 
Mike Beck said:
I did one on an Equinox. Some of the bolts I just had to fell around for, no way to actually see them. Have I told ya all how much I HATE CAM PHASERS!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a piece of shit design, and I don't care what brand we are talking about, they are a failure point at one time or another. Gimme fucking push rods and a solid timing chain setup any day!
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It's fucking pathetic. This one has a bad exhaust cam phaser, and timing tensioner let up, caused slack jaw chain to jump a tooth. Luckily no piston and valves were kissing afterwards. 120k mile motor.
 
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