Ok, I re-read the article, I understand now when I put the words with the pictures. As far as the "1" goes, I was specifically warned about that before I put it all back together and I did not use that as my timing mark. Like I said, I have no doubt that you know what you're doing. When you say that you had the engine running within 10 minutes of the first crank, it's probably somewhere in that 10 minutes that I'm screwing up. When I troubleshoot a problem at work, we try not to introduce too many "new elements" at one time into the circuit because we never know what the fix was. Where the car is concerned, I put a TON of new stuff (and other repairs) on this engine all at once, any one of these things out of whack and it's cold iron city for me. I know I introduced too many new elements but the car was so hosed when I bought it that I didn't have much choice. --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> wrote: > Um - as I explained in my article, I did not bother to rotate the cam > around to the point where it all slots together. i start where the > manual says to put the crank mark, drop the chain over it, then slot in > the cam sprocket, lined up with its timing mark, then slowly turn the > crank till the cam sprocket clicks into it's hole. In this case, the cam > was quite a long way out and I had to turn the crank quite a lot to > bring the cam sprocket round. By the time it slotted in, the mark on the > chain had left the sprocket, so I took the photo holding the chain in > the hope that you'd see that they DID line up before the crank was > turned around. > > My girlfriend took the pictures - that was my hand holding the chain! > The rear impact absorber kind of prevents a clear photo being taken from > a nice angle, so she ended up jjust trying to take one where all the > marks showed up. That's why I blobbed the marks on the sprockets for you. > > Having just looked at my (large version) of the photo I took of the LH > cam sprocket, I'm wondering if you mixed up the timing mark on the > sprocket with the embossed charachter "1" which WOULD make the peg at > the bottom left.... > > This engine was running within 10 minutes of the first crank.... > > Martin > > cruznmd wrote: > > >Martin, > > > >I just looked at your pictures. > > > >First, let me say that I know you guys drink a lot over there, but you > >gotta hold that camera level. I got seasick trying to orient myself! ;-) > > > >Second, > > > >I agree with the passenger side picture. That's -exactly- how I did it. > > > >The cam/sprocket drive peg and hole were in that location, and my > >timing mark was in that location when I put the chain on. > > > >The driver's side is what I don't understand. Your cam sprocket > >position does not jive with the pictures in either my Volvo manual or > >the DeLo manual. You lined the marks up on the chain and cam sprocket > >right, but the cam drive peg and hole should be down and left (I > >thought) In the picture, it appears that you didn't line up the crank > >sprocket timing mark with the chain mark either. > > > >I dont' doubt for a minute that you know what you're doing, but could > >you explain that part to me? > > > >Thanks, > > > >Rich > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=259538.3625325.4914071.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1695348/R=0/SIG=11u38u3s2/*http://hits.411web.com/cgi-bin/hit?pa ge=1374-105951838331032> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=259538.3625325.4914071.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1695348/rand=472692552> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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