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Originally Posted by Driver Ed
Assuming that the timing is now wrong, which seems as though it is the only explanation, any advice as to a recommended procedure to follow? If i'm going to have to go through the pain of retiming the engine, I'd really rather do it only once.
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This gets very messy; you are going to need the special tools involved, which run $400-600. You are going to need to install cam holders, remove the cam covers, and then the cams on both sides so the engine can be rotated to TDC without anything hitting anything. This has been written up before, so do some searching.
Once the engine is at TDC, you need to lock down the crank, and then reinstall the cams, again using special tooling to re allocate them correctly.
This is what one of the aftermarket tool sets looks like:
Good luck.