A bit of advice on adjusting your valves when you get the cams and rockers installed........... Set the clearance and then rotate the engine, check/adjust again and check adjust again. Reason being, when you goop up the cam and rocker pad with assembly lube, it can affect your valve clearances very easily. As you rotate the engine, the rocker will wipe off the lube as it's bearing on the cam lobe and the clearance opens up.

My engine was quite noisy when I first fired it up and broke it in. The valves were VERY loose. But don't get me wrong, i'm a notorioulsy sucky valve adjuster. So maybe i'm being too concerned about my perceived thing to watch out for.

Thank you! It feels great to know that I'm getting close. Not to mention, the pain in my wallet is pretty much over...

That make perfect sense Kevin, thanks for the tip.

I am very interested to hear more about this. Do you happen to know the name of the coating or process? Were both the fan and the housing treated this way? Could you post or send me the name of your Powder Coater so I could ask them about it?
Thanks so much,

He just called it ceramic coating. My fan and shroud were done this way. The place is Specialized Performance Coatings in Arlington, TX. Michael Tomlinson is the owner. 817-274-1947

Thanks. I wanted to powdercoat my fan and housing, but I've had people tell me that even powdercoating won't resist chipping. This sounds like it could be the end-all of fan coatings for me.

Ed, I'm scared... I don't have valve spring tools, or crow foot whatevers, or piston ring compressors - should I just let a professional handle my 3.0 rebuild ?

I have a ring compressor and some mechanical tensioners that work well for cam timing. You're welcome to borrow them. I also have some homemade copper cylinder hold downs.

I've already loaned out my stand and yoke, but other than that, it was all tools on hand except for the cam holder which I just shipped back to a buddy I borrowed it from. You can get the cam nuts off (should be able to) with an impact wrench for tear down, so you won't need the holder until cam timing time. Maybe Rick Randall has one locally?

My heads were shipped complete to Ollie's in Calif for rebuild, so I didn't disassemble them.

Let me know if you need the goodies.

Ed, got them today, thanks!!

The SC cam uses a different tool, but I can ship my spare "Z" block back if James needs it.

cheers

Ed, great job....we are gearing up to rebuild a 3.2 here. Maybe I missed it... how did you get the case/etc. so clean? Thanks.

I wish I could just come get it from you, Jeff :) Normally this time of year I am planning my week in Whistler, where we fly into YVR and drive up. But not this year - wife wants to go to Paris, so there you have that. If we do go to Whistler, it will be fall of 08.

I am pretty sure I can get any tools I need locally. Rick Randall has nearly everything, I think, and he doesn't live that far from me. My main need is the stand and yoke, which I am probably going to split with another guy here that does his own SC engines. I don't mind paying for it, I just don't want to store it. I have a tiny 2 car garage, and 2 SCs in it, so no extra room :) (but a full garage is a happy garage).

Ok, you guys have bolstered my spirits... I'll grab the camera and head down to the garage soon :)

The case did get hot tanked before inspection, but it had several hours of me scrubbing as well. I don't know how many cans of brake cleaner I went thru, literally 40 I bet...