well, after 2 months of slowly rebuilding she turned on last night. Luckily She turned on right away and so far.....can you believe this.....NO CEL's. I will have some pics up later on today.
#101127, "RE: WOOHOO, She's alive....." In response to Reply # 4
Originally posted by turbo8u hell yea buildin the motor in the living room, gangsta!
LOL, yeah but hey it beats the hell out of working in the hot florida sun.
Also a little update:
I F***ING HATE MECHANICAL TENSIONERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After turning it on last night, I noticed that the timing belt was not centered on the cam gears once I turned the car on. It's not by much actually its about maybe an 1/8 of an inch off the cam gears to the passenger side. I checked the teeth on the oil pump sprocket and the water pump in which they all line up fine. I thought well maybe I didnt line up the oil sprocket as close to the block as what I should have. So I figure tonight, I would just correct the oil sprocket, adjust the belt, retension the tensioner and be on my merry way. The belt comes off fine but now I cant seem to re-align the timing. I have been following the instructions on the mechanical tensioner now for the last 6 hours and I would either be 1/4 of a tooth off on the oil sprocket and when I do get it lined up, I cant adjust the cam gears to the proper timing because it moves the oil sprocket. I wish they would have made the tensioner with maybe 2mm of extra play to get the belt on easier and be able to adjust the tension easier.
Sorry about the long post but I needed to vent. If anyone has any ideas on how to help, I am all ears.
#101128, "RE: WOOHOO, She's alive....." In response to Reply # 5
Originally posted by hunntyr
Originally posted by turbo8u hell yea buildin the motor in the living room, gangsta!
LOL, yeah but hey it beats the hell out of working in the hot florida sun. Also a little update: I F***ING HATE MECHANICAL TENSIONERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After turning it on last night, I noticed that the timing belt was not centered on the cam gears once I turned the car on. It's not by much actually its about maybe an 1/8 of an inch off the cam gears to the passenger side. I checked the teeth on the oil pump sprocket and the water pump in which they all line up fine. I thought well maybe I didnt line up the oil sprocket as close to the block as what I should have. So I figure tonight, I would just correct the oil sprocket, adjust the belt, retension the tensioner and be on my merry way. The belt comes off fine but now I cant seem to re-align the timing. I have been following the instructions on the mechanical tensioner now for the last 6 hours and I would either be 1/4 of a tooth off on the oil sprocket and when I do get it lined up, I cant adjust the cam gears to the proper timing because it moves the oil sprocket. I wish they would have made the tensioner with maybe 2mm of extra play to get the belt on easier and be able to adjust the tension easier. Sorry about the long post but I needed to vent. If anyone has any ideas on how to help, I am all ears.
buy a OEM Mopar Tensioner...yea..ther hella expensive but they give you peice of mind
#101232, "RE: WOOHOO, She's alive....." In response to Reply # 6
check out the post about that $50 hydaulic tensioner. I've been hearing bad things about the mechanical one, can't go wrong with the hydro one.
haha I've never seen anyone building an engine in their living room.
heh you did better than me it I pulled my engine out 3 times on my 2nd rebuild. The first time i fired it up started right up too but then it threw up all the oil on to my garage floor >.<
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