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#58235 03/24/2006 3:07 AM | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 7 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 7 | How do the cam to crank marks line up for timing. I have a letter "V" and "O" on the gears. Also I have hydraulic lifters. Does this mean it's a car or truck engine. | | |
#58236 03/24/2006 3:54 PM | Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 51 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 51 | Hey Cooch53,
What engine are you trying to line the marks up on?
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#58237 03/25/2006 1:36 PM | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 7 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 7 | Jon
It's a Chevy 235. 1960 era. | | |
#58238 03/25/2006 2:37 PM | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 586 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 586 | Use the old gears(if you still have them)to match the marks up in relation to the keyway groove.I think you will find it is the "O" marks.After you install the cam,you can check yourself by turning the engine clockwise and #1 or #6 intake valve should start to open.The cam turns at 1/2 speed to the crank.#1 and #6 are up at the same time.The top of the exhaust stroke or the top of the intake stroke.
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#58239 03/25/2006 3:49 PM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | If the engine has hydraulic lifters, is was originally an automobile engine.
Your cam gear is most likely fiber (non-metallic); truck engines had a metal (alloy ?) gear. Either cam gear may be used on either engine. | | |
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