Today was a bit of a mixed bag. Installed the new cam chain:
Linked the old and new together with a piece of wire and fed it into the engine.
Then installed the new rear cam chain tensioner:
Put some blue loctite on the threads.
Installed the front cam chain guide:
It's very critical that it be centered for the chain to not hit the sides. Tighten, measure, tighten more and get it nicely centered.
Now on to where I messed up... no pictures since I was pretty angry at myself in the moment.
Went on to install rings and pistons. One of the bottom rings got caught in the bore while getting pushed down and bent the ring... $60 mistake and set me back a couple of days.
I'll pay better attention next time!
Linked the old and new together with a piece of wire and fed it into the engine.
Then installed the new rear cam chain tensioner:
Put some blue loctite on the threads.
Installed the front cam chain guide:
It's very critical that it be centered for the chain to not hit the sides. Tighten, measure, tighten more and get it nicely centered.
Now on to where I messed up... no pictures since I was pretty angry at myself in the moment.
Went on to install rings and pistons. One of the bottom rings got caught in the bore while getting pushed down and bent the ring... $60 mistake and set me back a couple of days.
I'll pay better attention next time!