thanks for the response. Just got an email from him and he's not coming over tomorrow, so more incentive for me to tinker and try to get this right. Not sure where I went wrong though but definitely would like to learn. I've put a few V8's together before but they were far more simplistic than this one here
Following Waynes book:
Set Z1 for TDC #1, cams rotated so "930" is up(up as in pointing to the top of the engine I presume), installed and clamped the tensioner arms as pictured, installed pins and tightened gear nuts as stated, intake rocker installed and adjusted to .004" clearance.
Appendix A in book says range for "intake valve overlapping TDC for .1mm clearance" for the SC camshafts is .9mm to 1.1mm. I picked the middle just like the book recommended(.040"). Started rotating the crank clockwise until the indicator needle started moving and continued to turn the crank until the needle registered 1mm of valve lift.
the book then says that I'm supposed to remove the nut and pull the pin out, then rotate the crank clockwise the remaining little bit until the Z1 mark lines up again and then re-insert the pin back into the gear in whatever hole it lines up with. But that's where I get confused because when I get the dial indicator to read exactly what I want for the valve lift, the crankshaft pulley is lined up just a hair away from the Z1 mark being right on the case parting line already. It's not past a full 360 degree revolution, but not before it either. Just near right on it. There's no measurable amount of rotation I could make to make any difference it seems. I mean I probably could put a degree wheel on it but I'd guess less than 1 degree at best.
I know the valve clearance is properly set on that rocker, and even tried swapping in a different rocker to see if maybe the rocker was bad or something.
Just not sure what I'm doing wrong, or if I'm doing anything wrong at all I apologize if my question here is redundant on this forum. You guys probably get a ton of dummies like me asking about this
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Any other insight for me?