Help requested please with Cam TDC...CAMS are not marked.

[Jake Raby]

Originally Posted by Eric G

Nothing has been locked, nothing has been removed except a green cap on the area I show circled in red. My concern is I have no locking slots to put the cam lock tool in place.

I have read Insite's post and even have it with me in the car as I go through the process of trying to lock the engine down.

I am in the process of trying to set the engine to TDC, lock the cams in place, lock the crank then start the IMS but not seeing the slots for the cam tool has me puzzled.

Have I missed something or incorrectly gone looking for something that is not there?

Your engine is a 5 chain, only the 3 chain has slots on both camshafts. The 5 chain does not.

I have instructed this procedure to over 300 people this year alone in my WTI engine mechanical class and M96 engine rebuild school and people just can't grasp the 5 chain set up. Because of that I included an entire chapter more info in my M96 engine assembly book to help people understand the 5 chain arrangement.

Sounds like you have the 3 chain cam timing tool; it won't work for the 5 chain engine.