Water Pump Problems?
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Originally Posted by madsonp
Hey, I see you didn't get the boot. So what thread did you have the issues in ? I'll go in there and kick some a$$
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Well, I finally got the chains on. I rotated the engine about four times with no problems. Hopefully if I don't get blind sided with other issues during the week, I should have this thing back together by next weekend.
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I ran the #1 piston all the way to the top before I put the heads on. I started with the left head's timing mark at 12:30 and the right at 11:00. I used a bolt going through the holes in the cam gear and a block of wood cut to length to hold the cams in position. When I put the chains on, I was off on the left cam about two teeth but right on the money on the right cam. I spun the engine around a veiw times and nothing when ka-bang. I am almost done cleaning the timing cover. They must have used three pounds of sealant on it. I also found that they had blown through the back of the tread on one of the bolt holes that mates up to the oil pan. Cute.
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Post some pictures of the lift. I got the timing cover back on and I'm waiting for the sealant to cure. It took forever to clean off the original Ford sealant. Even gasket dissolver didn't work. I had to splice the left timing cover gasket because it was too long and would pop out when I tried to fit it in the channel. I matched it up to the original one and they're the same. I can't see how they use that gasket unless they bonded and clamped it to the cover before assembly. The end is near.
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Prolly what happened was when you put it on, you stretched it a little bit, you should always set it over were it should then push it down at the same time. If you walk it around the cover, it will strech a little bit, and cause it to not seat right in there, and give you way to much slack at the last spot it has to go in.
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Post some pictures of the lift. I got the timing cover back on and I'm waiting for the sealant to cure. It took forever to clean off the original Ford sealant. Even gasket dissolver didn't work. I had to splice the left timing cover gasket because it was too long and would pop out when I tried to fit it in the channel. I matched it up to the original one and they're the same. I can't see how they use that gasket unless they bonded and clamped it to the cover before assembly. The end is near.
Here's a couple of photo's of my expy on my new lift. Did an oil change today, the most enjoyable oil change I've ever done.
