Rookie 3.0 rebuild

[Amstaff]

Put oil in the top of the tensioners and pumped them up and down until they pumped up. I will probably do it a few more times before buttoning it up.

[Amstaff]

Put all of the rocker arms in today and got them all set. I will run through them once more just to make sure.

[Amstaff]

Ok, so I would like to spend $1500 for pressure fed tensioners (I also would have liked to have dropped $5000 for P&C's too) but there is only so much money to do this engine. I opted to use the tensioner guards that I purchased from our host.

[Amstaff]

Sunday I will check the rockers one more time then put valve cover gaskets on. Then cam housing covers, Tins, etc...

[Jcslocum]

You are making excellent progress. Keep up the good work and the pictures are a big help!

[michael lang]

thank you for explaining how you got through the timing process, that has me a little confused. I'm sure that once I go through it I will realize that it isn't as intimidating as it appears.

[Amstaff]

I was really intimidated by the cam timing. Besides having to do it several times to make sure it is 100% accurate it wasn't hard at all. When I see people posting that they couldn't get it exact so they just set it at "X" I though "well, as long as I am close " but after doing it I realized that if you don't get it 100% correct you just didn't spend enough time on it to get it right.

[Amstaff]

Ok, here it is buttoned up and ready to go.

[Amstaff]

[Amstaff]

Just a few tidy up things to finish and then time to install it

[Amstaff]

Any questions or comments?

Did I miss anything?

[N-m]

Is that a bent cooling fin behind the distributor cap?

[kgieg]

Looks great ! Can't wait till mine is at that stage.

[Amstaff]

Originally Posted by N-m

Is that a bent cooling fin behind the distributor cap?

Yep, it had one broken fin. Good eye!

[Dpmulvan]

Nice job!!

[Targa4now]

Nice work and thanks for taking the time to share your experience!

[Speed Buggy]

I was very nervous about the cam timing as well and even let it slow me down while I read all over this board. Did you have trouble tightening the exhaust while the engine is still on the stand?

[Amstaff]

Haven't installed exhaust yet. Headers are on the way and engine will be installed this weekend. Look for updates this weekend.

[Amstaff]

Getting ready to install it!

[Amstaff]