Has anyone actually DIY chain tensioner pads?

[trimer]

Holy SHI* those pictures caused me severe stress and made me sweat. You sir are without fear apparently. I am afraid to do anything to this car for fear of screwing it up but you dropped your engine in your garage without a lift...you give a whole new meaning to DIYer...

[pjq]

wrong pics

[pjq]

Hahaaa, pretty crazy looking eh! It reminds me of a downhill skier in the tuck position.
I was like you afraid of my PORSCHE, didn't want to touch it. But after it had an IMSB failure ...... I had to wake up and snap out of the dream. Its a fine piece of machinery and its hot but ... it is a machine no longer hand assembled.
If you liked those pics here it is again but installing the rebuilt engine. Thats the sears craftsmen pro atv lift under the engine, great purchase.
I had 31 inches of clearance from the bottom of the structural cross member to the floor to slide the engine under the car. I could have done it with 30 inche clearance. i then lowered the car down to the bottom of the house screw jacks (24 inches) then jacked the engine, very slowly due to clearance, back up into its cavity (2 person job or 4 eyes, 6 eyes better).
The original idea was to screw the car up to the required height using the jacks BUT great plans don't always work in practice. The car is relatively light compared to a 10 - 20ton lift, so as I turned the jack the top swivel surface of the jack did not swivel BUT the car started to rotate as I rotated the screw!!!!( so i went to plan B. Plan B was using a 3 ton hydraulic jack ontop of wood blocking lifting on the black structural cross member. I placed a piece of wood in between the top of the 3t jack and the base of the structural cross member. The car is not heavy because the engine is not in it yet so the cross member can handle it.
The screw jacks make for a very sturdy support, much better than the 3t car jacks I have.

[jcb986]

Reminds me of my old VW days. Only 6 bolts held the engine in. Course the engine was behind the transaxle. You could drop in an hour.

[NewArt]

PJQ: But the first time you jacked that thing up to the ceiling there was an engine in it. Did you use that same method that you just described?
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JCB986 - And the cylinders just bolted on. Cracked cylinder? No sweat, just swap in a new one!

[BYprodriver]

I like to cook um @ 250degrees & use a egg carton to store lifters & make sure they go back where they came from if they pass the test.

[NewArt]

Looks delicious! But why are you cooking the lifters?

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by NewArt

Looks delicious! But why are you cooking the lifters?

Because I paid Jake to tell me what to do & this is what he told you & I to do, although I may be a little high on the temp.

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by BYprodriver

I like to cook um @ 250degrees & use a egg carton to store lifters & make sure they go back where they came from if they pass the test.

Hey Bill, how come this tread jumped from cam tensioners to lifters?

Do you also have to 'charge' the cam tensioners before installing them?

Regards, Gilles

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[NewArt]

That's great! Thanks pjq, BYprodriver and Jake Raby for these recipes!