Replacing the cam shaft with the engine in the car, to my surprise I did not find a cam lob that was all scared. What I found when the head was off is that lobs are smooth and look normal and the lifters look fine. This is freaking me out because now I do not know where the metal pieces in the oil originated or why #2 intake valve seemed to not move. Perhaps the cam wore out gradually and only looks correct and when I get the cam out of the car and measure the lobs and compare them I will find better evidence for the origin of the metal fragments.
I am out of my comfort zone and never experience any in depth cam shaft studying. For now I am going to set the engine up with some shims, so I can use the hand crank to turn the engine. The oil pan and timing cover are still in place. Perhaps when I get the pan off I will see something.
Any thoughts on how to proceed are welcome. The distributor drive shaft for the oil pump separated at the key when I removed it. I guess pulling the pan and trying to drive the shaft up and out is a possible answer, but again not curtain. So some help there would be nice also. I actually thought the shaft was pinned into the gear. I guess not.
One more thing there is carbon and a sticky gasoline like varnish everywhere; the carbon on the head and heavy gasoline varnish on the carb throttle plates. Could these be from a cam shaft that is not function correctly?
Over my head Steve
I am out of my comfort zone and never experience any in depth cam shaft studying. For now I am going to set the engine up with some shims, so I can use the hand crank to turn the engine. The oil pan and timing cover are still in place. Perhaps when I get the pan off I will see something.
Any thoughts on how to proceed are welcome. The distributor drive shaft for the oil pump separated at the key when I removed it. I guess pulling the pan and trying to drive the shaft up and out is a possible answer, but again not curtain. So some help there would be nice also. I actually thought the shaft was pinned into the gear. I guess not.
One more thing there is carbon and a sticky gasoline like varnish everywhere; the carbon on the head and heavy gasoline varnish on the carb throttle plates. Could these be from a cam shaft that is not function correctly?
Over my head Steve