Removed Timing Cover: Picture
Burning Brakes
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From: Greensboro NC
Originally Posted by nastee383
. Anyone see anything suspicious?
Step #1 Align sprockets at 6 and 12 see if they line up. (If not make whatever changes are needed to make this happen)
Step #2 Rotate the engine COUNTER CLOCKWISE ONE REVOLUTION WITH THE BALANCER ON.
Step #3 LINE UP THE LINE ON YOU BALANCER WITH 0 DEG on your pointer This WILL be TDC #1 compression (On your engine this will be 4 deg advance)
Step #4 Put your distributor in with the rotor pointing at #1 terminal of the cap get close doesnt need to exact.
Step #5 Start the car. If it doesnt start advance your dist (turn counter clockwise when looking at it from the top down) until it starts.
Step #6 Drink a large cold beer
Last edited by micks69; Oct 9, 2005 at 10:12 PM.
Le Mans Master
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From: Unreconstructed, South Carolina
Originally Posted by nastee383
I don't know what type of timing set is in this motor but it only has a circle on the cam sprocket. There isn't a triangle or a square on the cam sprocket. I don't think I've seen a cam sprocket with triangles or squares on it.
Racer
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From: The Dirty, Dirty South
This may sound silly, but have you dropped the pan and looked at the crank? That sound you described sounds like twisting metal. I'm stabbing in the dark here, but if the cam is okay maybe the crank is twisted. Do you have any pictures of the cam? Specifically the dist. drive gear? What do the flywheel bolts look like? Any elongation of the bolt holes on the rear of the crank?
Melting Slicks
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From: New Cumberland PA
Originally Posted by nastee383
I don't know what type of timing set is in this motor but it only has a circle on the cam sprocket. There isn't a triangle or a square on the cam sprocket. I don't think I've seen a cam sprocket with triangles or squares on it.
If your crank gear only has one keyway, then it's either not advanced 4* or the builder purchased a single keyway gear with 4* advance built into it. The only other way to change cam tiiming is with a special cam gear and buttons.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Ft. Walton Beach, Fl USA
Originally Posted by mandm1200
There are crank gears that allow for 0 degress, 4* adv, and 4* retard. These gears have 3 keyways cut into them. Mine was marked with a cirlce, triangle, and square. There are also 3 corresponding marks on the teeth. If you choose the keyway (triangle) to advance 4*, then the triangle mark on the gear is used to align the cam; not the circle/dot.
If your crank gear only has one keyway, then it's either not advanced 4* or the builder purchased a single keyway gear with 4* advance built into it. The only other way to change cam tiiming is with a special cam gear and buttons.
If your crank gear only has one keyway, then it's either not advanced 4* or the builder purchased a single keyway gear with 4* advance built into it. The only other way to change cam tiiming is with a special cam gear and buttons.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Ft. Walton Beach, Fl USA
Originally Posted by micks69
Yes it looks off a tooth!
Step #1 Align sprockets at 6 and 12 see if they line up. (If not make whatever changes are needed to make this happen)
Step #2 Rotate the engine COUNTER CLOCKWISE ONE REVOLUTION WITH THE BALANCER ON.
Step #3 LINE UP THE LINE ON YOU BALANCER WITH 0 DEG on your pointer This WILL be TDC #1 compression (On your engine this will be 4 deg advance)
Step #4 Put your distributor in with the rotor pointing at #1 terminal of the cap get close doesnt need to exact.
Step #5 Start the car. If it doesnt start advance your dist (turn counter clockwise when looking at it from the top down) until it starts.
Step #6 Drink a large cold beer
Step #1 Align sprockets at 6 and 12 see if they line up. (If not make whatever changes are needed to make this happen)
Step #2 Rotate the engine COUNTER CLOCKWISE ONE REVOLUTION WITH THE BALANCER ON.
Step #3 LINE UP THE LINE ON YOU BALANCER WITH 0 DEG on your pointer This WILL be TDC #1 compression (On your engine this will be 4 deg advance)
Step #4 Put your distributor in with the rotor pointing at #1 terminal of the cap get close doesnt need to exact.
Step #5 Start the car. If it doesnt start advance your dist (turn counter clockwise when looking at it from the top down) until it starts.
Step #6 Drink a large cold beer
Last edited by nastee383; Oct 10, 2005 at 12:05 PM.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Ft. Walton Beach, Fl USA
Originally Posted by Contrail
This may sound silly, but have you dropped the pan and looked at the crank? That sound you described sounds like twisting metal. I'm stabbing in the dark here, but if the cam is okay maybe the crank is twisted. Do you have any pictures of the cam? Specifically the dist. drive gear? What do the flywheel bolts look like? Any elongation of the bolt holes on the rear of the crank?
I haven't examined the flexplate bolt holes. I'll take a look at them.
