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Originally Posted by Gelbster
There are some really sad threads of dealing with an IMSB change that becomes a disaster when no cam locks were used. Very expensive because you may not discover the problem until you try to start the engine.
You can make your own cam locks from steel plate. The adjusters are another story.
A complete tool kit is less than $300 and easily resold.
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Enlighten me, and everyone else. Please post a link to a sad thread where cam locks were not used. Not a sad thread where timing was not set to zero before dis-assembly as those are unfortunately far to common. And since I have an M96.24, the earlier engines, unlike the '03 and later engines may have separate locking and adjusting tools as you imply above. It would be helpful to the forum if you could describe the differences in the two tools. I've tried to make my own '03 cam alignment tool, and I'm not a complete idiot (only half), but without a machine shop, it is very difficult, and after buying a commercial version, the tolerances between 5 separate points in 3D space are extremely tight.
