Cams are in.

[Paul]

how does having someone hold the brakes hold the crank?
Do you think that could be my only problem?

 

[Aricjm15]

how does having someone hold the brakes hold the crank?
Do you think that could be my only problem?

since its in gear it will hold, trust me, if you dont think it will not work drive your friends 5speed car and while rolling slow just jab the brakes as hard as you can while it is in gear, you will see

 

[Paul]

oh i know that it works for sure, i just never understood the logic behind it

 

[stdntDrvr]

you need to have the crank pulley put back on with an impact wrench...otherwise, it won't be tight enough.

 

[Focus]

Lift can be measured with a Dial caliper. Just subtract. The biggest part of the lobe minus the lobe center = Lift

still not getting you. did someone measure lash with a feeler, or did someone measure lift with a dial indicator and 2 v-blocks?

 

[Fear]

Lift can be measured with a Dial caliper. Just subtract. The biggest part of the lobe minus the lobe center = Lift

true, but it's more common to use the v-blocks. i was trying to get a feel for what they had been doing.

 

[Paul]

you need to have the crank pulley put back on with an impact wrench...otherwise, it won't be tight enough.

i did, i guess it just didn't sit right. i went back to look at it this morning and noticed this. does this look normal?

 

[stdntDrvr]

wow, i don't know what that could be from...that's odd.

 

[Paul]

i know and the lobes aren't close enought to hit so i'm wondering if it's a defect in the casting or not

 

[wicked]

If you look around more in the head,you will see more spots like that.It's were they ground down from the factory,after they cast it.

it's normal(usually)

but if something hit there,it would look like that as well.

 

[Paul]

well it's like that on the other end of the cams as well.
i just hope it's normal. hoping i can get out of work a bit early and get a jump on the car i wanna get it running by the end of the week

 

[wicked]

there should be no reason why it can't get done in that amount of time.

 

[Paul]

you have no idea what my everyday schedule is like. and it'd be easier if the car was at home but it's not, i was doing it at my cousin's house

 

[wicked]

sorry to here.

 

[Paul]

full time work plus full time school, gives me about 1 hour a day to myself. so it seems.
anyone know how hard is it to get the head off from where i'm at right now? just curious

 

[wicked]

it's not hard,provided you have removed a head from a transverse mounted 4 cyl. before.

otherwise it will probaly take you a while.

 

[BlkZoomZoom]

Why are you pulling the head?

 

[Paul]

i'm not. just curious how hard, incase i want to pick up a spare to have it p&p'd

 

[BlkZoomZoom]

Depends on skill level and what you want to accomplish. I had the head off the MSP in about 1/2hr. last week, of course this was knowing that the engine was coming out anyways. I left everything else in there.

 

[Paul]

and u've torn cars apart before. this is actually a first for me