silviaz

Hey mate, good news i believe. I ended up calling a mechanic he gave me some advice (but he did say he would have to take off the timing cover to ensure everything was 100%), and told me it was safe to crank the engine and that I would get resistance if the piston was to hit the valve. I also managed to get the silver links to line up! I had to turn the crank for a good while lol. Spent over 20 minutes turning and had no problem though it was harder to turn at some points. Currently its not on silver links I wanted to rotate the engine again to ensure that there was no hitting of the valves and such so will need to crank it quite more to get it again. Though I have a concern my timing chain I think is jumping what do you think? Lastly, I think I had a good idea to avoid taking off the timing cover if needed be. I'll get the yellow mark to be up the top and every link after it I will mark it with a number starting from one to see if I have (I think its 48 links inbetween) vid.mp4

Alright. I'll take your advice and get an expert to check it out. Thanks again. I have cranked it a few times already so im curious at what point after cranking will the piston hit the valve. Either way will wait for an expert.

Oh ok, when you say installed wrong does this assume the person who had the car before me installed it it wrong or is it from all the fiddling around I've done? I'm just trying to think where I went wrong, because as I rotate the engine the gold link would have to come up eventually. But it is probably a better idea what you're suggesting. I wanted to take the risk to rotate the engine until I get the marks line up (the silver ones and HOPE the gold one is on the crankshaft. I tried to get my endoscope down there to try and check the gold link when it was done but it kept getting stuck). Is the risk of engine damage huge in terms of the piston hitting the valve?

apologies about that here is a better photo. but something very troubling. I can see the gold link in between the sprockets!

Oh so if I understand correctly. If i turn the crank pulley around once to tdc that is one revolution? and I need to do 2 revolutions? What is the best thing for me to do now? I'm guessing either to get my endoscope and get a mirror so I can see my valves if they are closed or turn the crank again to tdc until something lines up?

Well I turned the crank clockwise couple of times, and i heard every time you turn it it will lose the marks anyways. So not sure how many times I need to turn it and if I need to get it to the yellow marks.

Mate you're a legend! I did what you said and has to do some other stuff to get it right and I got the tensioner in! My idea was first to hold the sprocket in place on the hex while I turn the engine counter clockwise but didn't work. Instead just turned the crank counter clockwise, then I turned the hex on its own and heard the tensioner click in! Don't know if it's 100% in but looks good. I also turned the engine then clockwise a couple of times (it's currently on tdc as per the picture) What do you think? I think I need to turn it until the links line up? Because I am pretty sure I never lost the gold link on the bottom as I always held the chain tight.

Ok thanks.

I see. thats my challenge cause the tensioner wont go in. But ill see what i can do. Cheers

Hard to follow these instructions cause cam caps are off and sprocket bolts are loose. Im worried if i keeping torquing and untorquing will break them. There is lots of slack now cause the bolts of sprockets are loose. You said tdc link im assuming this is the yellow link where the crank shaft is? Hard to count if i dont have the cover off. Or is this whole thing assuming i have the cover? So many variables to think about. Could i pay u for a skype video call lol or something? If not all cool just running out of options as all mechanics ive called are busy.

Thanks. Ive read once u turn the crank the silver links wont line up anyways so this will be interesting lol.

Thanks a bunch again man. The instructions are a bit over my head but ill try figure it out.

Your right i know but its just thats going to be a nightmare of a job. And im just hoping that new rocker arm fixes the compression. I was gonna get a mobile a mechanic to check it out to see if it was something simple. I wanted to try do it in the cheap if i can get my endoscope camers down there to see if the gold link is there. Once i turn the engine clockwise wont it move anyways?

Hey i did put it on tdc before i removed camshaft and all of that for first time. Definently did. I am gonna try again just with the silver links marking i sae a video on youtube. If not i hope i dont have to remove the engine from the car. Thanks also for checking that out for me.

I really need help I got the yellow marks i made to line back up but I cant get the silver link to line up I am not sure if i need to turn clockwise until it goes in a circle and it reaches the circle? I am worried it will snap

I did man but same thing. I checked the bracket the timing chain sits in is unmovable so it cant push against it. Only thing i can think is sprocket moved slighty when trying to tighten or silver links arent lined up

Hey, yes it is fully retracted and the pin is holding it. Also are my chain links not lined up correctly?

The last picture that you see where the timing chain Is sitting is, is quite tight which I assume is normal but also realized when went to tighten sp rocket that it moved because the yellow mark doesn't line up with the circle. I also saw there are darker links on the chain from what Ive heard, they were supposed to line up with the circles?

I am just about to reassemble everything, this is the last thing I need to put on besides the valve cover and just connect a couple of pipes (they are no problem) Here is what I've done so far * Torqued everything to spec such as sprocket bolts, and camshaft bolts *put in correct angle sensor, it is in perfectly got some photos as well to show bolts are lined up and the marks on the top are lining up * timing chain is correctly slotted (wasn't previously, but the entire thing should be fine) I can't figure it out, it just won't go in. Here are some photos. I urgently need help. (the 2nd photo is the problem)

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Yeah that's true but what is the purpose on the guide here? I can only think so it doesnt go upwards for some reason.

Looks great, but curious what makes you think it's worth 28k lol? Hard to believe sometimes that car that's that old has that many km's only. (not trying to be rude or anything, just curious cause I see heaps of these sort of cars that go for in my opinion, sky-high prices).

Look at videos on youtube the timing chain sits straight across the top with no 'U' shape in the middle between the 2 camshafts. but mine seems to have some play. (Keep in mind when i opened the engine there was no upper chain timing guide, apparently i need it but im not sure. Do I need it? is it a must?) 20191123_151122[1].mp4 20191123_151122[1].mp4

Yeah exactly. Hey can I quickly ask you sorry for the million questions but something super important. when i remove the valve cover there was no upper chain timing guide, had no guide at all is this fine and can I drive without it?

I ended up figuring it out, had to remove some stuff and my final question (hopefully) I need to put on the new lifter and my question is can I slightly lift the camshaft in order to put the new rocker arm or does it need to go off completely to even the pressure off?