I hope your pics here show just greased up crank pulley removal problem and NOT aligment of crank key to cam gear dot that you going to use with the chain later ?
I don't know what timing set you're going with, but your stock style chain tensioner is...uhmm...gone. Where is it? Chewed up over the years????
Anyway. if you're using a stock style timing set, you might want to to put a new tensioner on there. If you're going with an aftermarket set (like a double roller) that isn't a flat backed chain, then you can leave the tensioner out of the setup.
No need to. Turn the crank to put the dot at 12 o'clock. Then turn the cam to put the dot at 6 o'clock. Of course back off the rockers as mentioned before doing this.
Once at 12 & 6 o'clock install the chain. Now one crank revolution will put the cam dot at 12 o'clock. This is TDC # 1.
A second crank revolution will put the cam dot back at 6 o'clock. This is TDC #4.
Thanks for the info, that's what I needed to know.
Do I need to remove the rockers completely??? And is there anyway to check for damages to the internals since the cam gear rotated free of the crank?
The timing chain must have been slipping around the cam gear while I was trying to start the car and diagnose the problem. Half the teeth were worn down and broken at the bottom of the oil pan. So, I am unsure if there was damages caused from me doing that!!!
Thanks for the info, that's what I needed to know.
Do I need to remove the rockers completely??? And is there anyway to check for damages to the internals since the cam gear rotated free of the crank?
The timing chain must have been slipping around the cam gear while I was trying to start the car and diagnose the problem. Half the teeth were worn down and broken at the bottom of the oil pan. So, I am unsure if there was damages caused from me doing that!!!
For the rockers, loosen the shaft bolts and set the shaft/rockers assembly aside. No need to further disassemble them.
What can be done to check for bent valves is a compression test. Will need to re-assemble most of the engine to do this: chain, timing cover, oil pump, rocker shaft assemblies. Can leave the damper off.
Does anybody know which size bolt goes in which hole on the timing cover???
I have a pile of bolts from when I removed the cover and I am stuck trying to figure out what goes where.
k, thanks, I will try to look at them again today to see if I can figure it out. I know one of the longer bolts went in behind the water pump inlet b/c the water pump had to be removed to take the bolt out