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Well this is proving to be a pig of a job!
I’ve got my cam timing tools now and have locked the two affected cams at, what would be, TDC. The valve cover is now off, which was pretty tough due to access.
My plan is to remove the Bank 2 tensioner to allow me to take off the exhaust sprocket, which will create enough slack to allow me to then feed the chain over the intake sprocket by three links. Which I’m planning to do by rotating the crank forward at the same time. I’ll know I’ve succeeded when the timing marks line up on Bank 1 and the crank locks at TDC.
What’s really thrown me now is access to the Bank 2 tensioner. It’s ridiculous! My AC has been discharged for ages (bad leak under the car), so I’m going to try and remove the two feed lines and take the compressor out for access. On the three chain cars the position of the tensioner is different, so there’s a bracket holding a hard line to the power steering pump that’s blocking access to the tensioner.. That needs to come off, but the AC blocks that. The idea of messing with the power steering reservoirs puts me off, which is the official way of doing it, so seeing as my AC isn’t pressured I’m taking a short cut.
I’m disappearing down a rabbit hole with no guarantee of success, but I’m persevering and writing up where I can in case this is useful reading to anyone in my predicament in the future.
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