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10-08-2020, 04:58 PM | #61 |
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Re: Question on Cam Gear Marks - UPDATE
No Russ, I've put you crook...you need to move the cam to retard it one tooth. That'll put your mark on the camgear to the LEFT of where it was....I previously said to the right. Sorry about the confusion.
Currently your cam is ADVANCED 16 odd degrees [crankshaft]. Which is why the #6 ex valve appears to be shut @ TDC, whereas it should shut later in the cycle @ 19* ATDC. Also why your ignition is firing so early.
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10-08-2020, 05:06 PM | #62 |
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Re: Question on Cam Gear Marks - UPDATE
Brian, Forgive me if I've misunderstood, but as the cam turns counterclockwise, turning it counterclockwise one tooth will advance it (? Won't it??).
I understand exactly what you are saying but believe it needs to go clockwise to have the effect you are saying. That would mean the mark on the cam gear needs to be to the left (as viewed straight on) of the mark on the crank gear. (Hope I've got this right) Mart. |
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10-08-2020, 05:16 PM | #63 |
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Re: Question on Cam Gear Marks - UPDATE
Yes Mart, I'm confusing the issue, you are correct; clockwise. I've edited my previous incorrect information. I need to read my 'motto' more often!! Lucky I only consider myself halfway there! lol
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10-09-2020, 01:36 PM | #65 |
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Re: Question on Cam Gear Marks - UPDATE
About advancing the cam. The cam gear is a bolt on and will fit only one way. I would have to pull the cam and gear forward enough to clear the crank gear before I could retard the cam. All the lifters would drop off the cam lobes, and the engine would have to have the heads and valve assemblies pulled to reinsert the cam. So, would elongation of the cam gear mounting holes be a reliable option to eliminate the necessity of pulling the cam? Should one be comfortable with the holding power of the 4 bolts to hold the cam long term?
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10-09-2020, 02:04 PM | #66 |
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10-09-2020, 02:19 PM | #67 |
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Re: Question on Cam Gear Marks - UPDATE
Here's a link (https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showt...reeing+pinning) to some interesting reading I put up here a while back!
We degree check EVERY cam we install on EVERY build and move them when necessary! Thanks, Gary in N.Y. P.S. If you look closely to the photo you'll notice a "timing-pill" installed in the Flathead gear, this allows us to "move" the cam from "+6* to -6*" if ever needed, the other photo is how the cam is degree-checked before the assembly!
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10-09-2020, 02:21 PM | #68 |
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Re: Question on Cam Gear Marks - UPDATE
A Kr would give you a 4Deg built in advance ,You could pull the gear out fit longer bolts rotate it to were you want cam and all ,(use a large bar or the like between the bolts ) when the tooths lined up screw the bolts in ,replace them later .Sorry for butting in on this thread , Ted
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10-09-2020, 02:54 PM | #70 |
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Sometimes a cam can move just move the crank around , a zip lock doesn't give you 4 Deg , I could be wrong though
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10-09-2020, 03:27 PM | #71 |
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Re: Question on Cam Gear Marks - UPDATE
Do as JSerry says. Have you degreed the can yet?
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10-09-2020, 04:39 PM | #72 | |
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Undo the gear, rotate the cam a little clockwise and refit the gear one tooth clockwise from where it was previously. You don't need to worry about the lifters and such. |
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10-09-2020, 05:55 PM | #73 |
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Re: Question on Cam Gear Marks - UPDATE
I would remove the cam gear & rotate the crankshaft the one tooth as it would be much easier to turn than turning the camshaft.
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I have not degreed the cam yet. Got a lot going right now and it may be awhile. |
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10-09-2020, 08:18 PM | #75 |
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You will degree it before changing the gear location?
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10-10-2020, 10:08 AM | #76 |
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