Originally posted by contour_envy:
... i placed the trans in gear (haines inc mtx 75 w/ less than 1000 miles) and pushed the car back until i could see the cam sprocket reversed past its original starting point, then pushed the car forward and the cam sprocket spun past its original position ...
Um, forgive me, but couldn't turning the crank in the wrong direction cause slack in the timing chains & potentially have the cam skip timing? Even if it doesn't skip, could the slack in the chains throw the timing off enough that the pistons could potentially touch the valves?
Seems like a bad proceedure to use rather than just putting a wrench on the crank bolt & turning the engine forward by hand.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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