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Re: cam timing

To: "Larry Young" <cartravel@pobox.com>, "Joe Boruch"
Subject: Re: cam timing
From: "John Kipping" <johnkipping@inet.net.nz>
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 10:08:17 +1300
I did it on a Spitfire engine once by lifting the followers up and holding
them up with the pushrods wedged against the side held in place with elastic
bands round the rocker studs.
John Kipping
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Young" <cartravel@pobox.com>
To: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
Cc: <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 6:08 AM
Subject: Re: cam timing


> If the head was on, how did you hold the lifters up while you were
> changing the cam?
>
> Joe Boruch wrote:
>
> >Jack, I changed a cam with the engine in the car once and the head on.  I
seem to recall that I made some spacers to keep the push rods vertical to
set the cam timing off of the push rod, instead of my usual dummy cam
follower.  Joe(B)
>
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