Vette76
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- 02 XLT 4.0L & 97 XLT 5.0L
After a LONG time working on replacing both front and rear timing cassettes (and not working on it over the Winter) I'm finally at that point where I'm in the last week of this project
I would like some advice before I turn the key. I have timed both camshafts and I think I have it right. However, here's my issue:
I got the engine on the compression stroke for the #1 cylinder. As the instructions state for the crankshaft timing tool at this point when you're on the compression stroke, "rotate the crankshaft counter clockwise until the crankshaft timing tool is in place". When I do that, which requires the wider slot on the damper to be almost exactly in the 12 o'clock position relative to the engine block, I watch the timing marks on the damper move past the pointer on the crankshaft positioning indicator. In fact, I watch the 10 degree mark go by and then the 0 degree mark and where it lands (which is the only place where the crankshaft timing tool will fit properly underneath and up against its resting place under the block) is roughly 5 degrees "before" the 0 mark on the damper.
I don't know if this is right or not but I have done this a dozen times to see what I come up with and the damper is in the only position that it can be with the timing tool on and seated properly.
Any thoughts?
I would like some advice before I turn the key. I have timed both camshafts and I think I have it right. However, here's my issue:
I got the engine on the compression stroke for the #1 cylinder. As the instructions state for the crankshaft timing tool at this point when you're on the compression stroke, "rotate the crankshaft counter clockwise until the crankshaft timing tool is in place". When I do that, which requires the wider slot on the damper to be almost exactly in the 12 o'clock position relative to the engine block, I watch the timing marks on the damper move past the pointer on the crankshaft positioning indicator. In fact, I watch the 10 degree mark go by and then the 0 degree mark and where it lands (which is the only place where the crankshaft timing tool will fit properly underneath and up against its resting place under the block) is roughly 5 degrees "before" the 0 mark on the damper.
I don't know if this is right or not but I have done this a dozen times to see what I come up with and the damper is in the only position that it can be with the timing tool on and seated properly.
Any thoughts?