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Boxtar · 09-20-2019, 11:18 AM

Silber,
I’ve got the cams and the cam adjusters out of the car at the moment, and I’m having a little trouble getting everything together before it goes back in the car (see post above). The adjuster is so tight that it jams the cam sprockets against the side of the adjuster. Can’t roll the chain on the cams, either.

When you go to put the cams back into the head, do you leave the actuator compressed and release compression once installed (per 386fix video on YouTube) or do you release the pressure on the actuator beforehand, on the bench (per pelican instructions)? Certainly the latter is not working for me!

Thanks,
Andrew.
‘02 S

09-20-2019, 11:18 AM	#10
Boxtar Registered User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Portland OR Posts: 35	Silber, I’ve got the cams and the cam adjusters out of the car at the moment, and I’m having a little trouble getting everything together before it goes back in the car (see post above). The adjuster is so tight that it jams the cam sprockets against the side of the adjuster. Can’t roll the chain on the cams, either. When you go to put the cams back into the head, do you leave the actuator compressed and release compression once installed (per 386fix video on YouTube) or do you release the pressure on the actuator beforehand, on the bench (per pelican instructions)? Certainly the latter is not working for me! Thanks, Andrew. ‘02 S Last edited by Boxtar; 09-20-2019 at 01:17 PM.