Not 100% but fairly sure. The wooden wedge was in place before I dropped the chain. And the mark i had between the chain and the head still matched up so I was confident I hadn't slipped a tooth on the crank sprocket.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 3/30/02, 11:49:45 AM, "Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: L24 troubles. Please help: > when i dropped my chain (l20b) the tensioner came out of its hole, you sure > that didnt happen??? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 8:27 PM > Subject: L24 troubles. Please help > > G'day All, > > > > I am having troubles getting me L24 to run. I brought it with a blown > > head gasket and have taken the head off and replaced the gasket. Prior to > > disassembly I (following the Hayes workshop manual), I turned the engine > > until the crank-marks showed it as being at TDC and the points in the > > distributer were in the position to fire number 1. I assumed that this > > was TDC on the compression stroke. I then white-outed marks to match the > > head and the timing chain, and the camshaft sprocket and timing chain so > > I would be able to get the timing right when i put it back together. > > Having put it back together I now get a loud 'CLACK' noise coming from > > two of the values every so often, accompanied with buggerall compression. > > So I'm guessing i've bent atleast 6 values somewhere along the way, but > > what i can't work out is, i am almost positive that i put it back > > together as i pulled it apart.. and i did have it running (for the > > briefest period as the head gasket was blown) prior to pulling it apart. > > I did the whole thing with the wood wedge so the timing chain tensioner > > wouldn't move etc and that all worked fine. And when i put it back > > together the timing chain marks lined up as they had (indicating no > > slipping a tooth on the crank spocket which i had considered because i > > accidentally dropped the chain while removing the camshaft sprocket) so > > i'm stumped. > > Sorry about the long message but any help would be much appreciated. > > Regards, > > > > Dave > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
