[Shotimes] first mistake?

[Donald Mallinson]

I would really advise against boiling the chains in water and cleaner.  
You will totally remove all lubricant, and if that oil is not 
immediately replaced, the chains will start rusting within minutes.

Better to just wipe down the chains unless they have gotten contaminated 
with dirt.  You can spray them with WD-40 to clean them off if 
necessary, and be sure to soak them in fresh engine oil before installation.

Don Mallinson

Ian Fisher wrote:

>Just to answer the other question; the 3.0 and 3.2
>exhaust cams are the same. That's why people swap in
>just the 3.0 intake cams.
>
>Ian
>
>--- Bruce Malachuk <bmalach1@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>JVO,
>>
>>It's really easy on how to get them right. If you
>>clean the chains up you
>>notice there are light links. If the chains are
>>really really dirty I
>>recommend a pot of boiling water with a little
>>POR-15 Marine Clean in it.
>>That will get all the stains out of the metal. If
>>you look in the helms
>>guide it will show you how to properly line up the
>>chains the correct number
>>of links and the corresponding dots. The front head
>>is done so they are
>>horizontal with the head, the rear are done at a
>>slight angle. One cannot
>>really screw it up. There are great pictures in a
>>helms/factory guide. 
>>
>>
>>Bruce J Malachuk
>>
>>*	94 Opal Frost MTX 
>>*	93 Emerald Green MTX - SOLD 
>>*	93 Black ATX - New Parts CAR 
>>*	95 Silver Frost ATX SE - SLO -Buyer waiting 
>>*	96 TR - Cam Failed parts car :-(
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>>[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>>On Behalf Of van Oss
>>Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 11:37 PM
>>To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>>Subject: [Shotimes] first mistake?
>>
>>I am prepping a 3.2L for MTX implant into a Gen2
>>wagon.  This afternoon I
>>removed the 3.2 front cams (preparing to install
>>some 3.0 cams).  Rear cams
>>are still in place.  Two questions:
>>
>>-- The moment I laid the front 3.2 cams aside on a
>>pad, and looked back to
>>the engine, I thought:  How am I ever going to
>>properly align the new 3.0
>>cams and chains.  Any advice?
>>
>>-- I've read it's best to install 3.0 cams in the
>>3.2 conversions.  Does
>>that apply both to intake and exhaust?
>>
>>VO
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