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Camshaft Alignment tool (or lack there of) #1236559 04/05/05 01:30 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 94 Central NY State P pdqford OP CEG\'er
OP pdqford CEG\'er P Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 94 Central NY State	Working on a '97 Mystique 2.0 - How can we time the cams (i.e, when installing the timing belt) without the special tool? Thanks in advance. . . ..

Re: Camshaft Alignment tool (or lack there of) #1236560 04/05/05 02:17 PM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 21,653 Albany, Georgia K Kremithefrog I have no life
Kremithefrog I have no life K Joined: May 2002 Posts: 21,653 Albany, Georgia	Make the special tool. 98.5 SVT 91 Escort GT (almost sold) 96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve) FS: SVT rear sway bar WTB: Very cheap beater CEG Dragon Run - October 13-15

Re: Camshaft Alignment tool (or lack there of) #1236561 04/05/05 02:34 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 94 Central NY State P pdqford OP CEG\'er
OP pdqford CEG\'er P Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 94 Central NY State	Originally posted by Kremithefrog: Make the special tool. As in just get a piece of 3/16" bar stock and lay it across the rear of the two cams?

Re: Camshaft Alignment tool (or lack there of) #1236562 04/05/05 03:05 PM
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 862 9 96mercury Veteran CEG\'er
96mercury Veteran CEG\'er 9 Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 862	or use a piece of 3/16 angle iron thats what I did and total cost was about $4 for 4 feet of the stuff. Just cut the overall length to 7 inches. BTW its a tight fit and the groves in the cam are offset so make sure they are on top otherwise it will never work. Good Luck ATX MTX swap, rear drum disc swap, drilled rotors, ported intake, optim throttle body, CAI, 7.5L MAF, adj. fuel regulator, longtube headers, underdrive pulley, no EGR, low inpedence bigger injectors, 2002 Focus Swap

Re: Camshaft Alignment tool (or lack there of) #1236563 04/09/05 05:12 PM
Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 9,442 Chicago B BK4293_dup1 Addicted CEG\'er
BK4293_dup1 Addicted CEG\'er B Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 9,442 Chicago	Originally posted by 96mercury: BTW its a tight fit and the groves in the cam are offset so make sure they are on top otherwise it will never work. Good Luck Boy did I ind that out the hard way, trying to replace a timimg belt almost 500 miles from home in the dark!!!! www.ChicagoCEG.com 2006 White Grand Prix

Re: Camshaft Alignment tool (or lack there of) #1236564 04/09/05 06:03 PM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,910 Enfield, CT B BrApple_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er
BrApple_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er B Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,910 Enfield, CT	get the engine to TDC and index the cams and the crank the cams only move about one tooth if even that, so there is no need for the bar - 95 Mystique LS - Zetec/5spd - 99 Contour SeVT Sport - Duratec/5spd Official NE-CEG Contour/Mustang Family

Re: Camshaft Alignment tool (or lack there of) #1236565 04/10/05 06:01 PM
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 52 Kingston, Jamaica V volcar CEG\'er
volcar CEG\'er V Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 52 Kingston, Jamaica	I dont know if i agree with palcing a piece of 3/16 barvstock in the groovs at the back of the cams is the way to go as something could brake, like the camshaft. I suggest that you fabricate a tool instead. Use tow lengths of steel strip 1"-11/2" one peice approximately 23.5" long & the other about 8" long & three bolts with nut & washers one nut & bolt forming the pivot of a forked tool with the remaining nuts & bolts at the tip of the fork. I fabricated on & it worked extremely well. Good luck Regards

Re: Camshaft Alignment tool (or lack there of) #1236566 04/10/05 06:38 PM
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 862 9 96mercury Veteran CEG\'er
96mercury Veteran CEG\'er 9 Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 862	I used the angle iron twice now and no problems. ATX MTX swap, rear drum disc swap, drilled rotors, ported intake, optim throttle body, CAI, 7.5L MAF, adj. fuel regulator, longtube headers, underdrive pulley, no EGR, low inpedence bigger injectors, 2002 Focus Swap

Re: Camshaft Alignment tool (or lack there of) #1236567 04/10/05 09:29 PM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 4,970 Land of the watered-down exple... S Swazo Hard-core CEG'er
Swazo Hard-core CEG'er S Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 4,970 Land of the watered-down exple...	I have that specialty tool, I can take pics/messurments of it so you all can reproduce it. It looks to be very simple of a tool..... 2005 Ford F150 SuperCab FX4 1964 Chevrolet Impala SS 1998 CSVT: 354HP/328TQ @ 10 psi, now gone

Re: Camshaft Alignment tool (or lack there of) #1236568 04/10/05 10:01 PM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 21,653 Albany, Georgia K Kremithefrog I have no life
Kremithefrog I have no life K Joined: May 2002 Posts: 21,653 Albany, Georgia	I used the metal in the end of the cams and then pried the timing belt with a long board as we loosened the bolt. Ghetto but it worked. 98.5 SVT 91 Escort GT (almost sold) 96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve) FS: SVT rear sway bar WTB: Very cheap beater CEG Dragon Run - October 13-15

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