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Sorry for the wait, but it's all back together and loping perfectly!! took it on 2 different 140 mile round trips and it's running perfect! gas milage hardly changed and definitely can feel some gains in the upper rpms. Got it all reassembled in no time, loaded the bama tune and it fired first...

I WISH that was my situation.. lol but it's what I got for not inspecting it closer or turning by hand a few revs before starting it.. if I had done it slow the follower might even have reseated itself instead of flipping around and causing all of this. Never know.

It did have an enormous amount of pressure on it but the phaser ended up being the weak link even with the phaser bolt tightened to spec.. honestly I'm glad it and the cam gave slightly, but I'm beginning to wonder if I should lock time the phaser bolt or not with the bolt probably being...

Here is the damaged lobe

Well it's far from perfect BUT I have complete faith that it won't give me any problems.. it's been magnafluxed for cracks and checked out good and the lobe has been polished to remove any chances of a roller catching anything.. besides there's only a slight amount of surface area affected that...

Im fairly positive that now that the lobe is cleaned up that Im in the clear as far as the lobe goes, it actually looks very good for what it went through after being cleaned up. Really my only feats to conquer now is getting the nose welded and reground which can easily be done locally and...

Haha the crap I get myself into.. so it probably was in time until the cam decided to stop and the engine kept going..

As you can see when the follower stopped the cam the key in the phaser literally cut its own path. So now I have to find a REALLY GOOD tig welder to weld the spot between the oil galley and the keyway and then have the machine shop cut it back down to keep from having an oil pressure problem on...

I've already got the otc brand 3 valve spring compressor on the way for tomorrow through my work and if I don't end up using it then i don't have have to keep it and can send it back. The scope showed no signs on piston to valve contact on the piston itself even though I couldn't turn it to see...

I've already got the otc brand 3 valve spring compressor on the way for tomorrow through my work and if I don't end up using it then i don't have have to keep it and can send it back. The scope showed no signs on piston to valve contact on the piston itself even though I couldn't turn it to see...

Also I don't know of anyone who has a spring compressor for these 3 valves so I'll have to buy that too.. they're about 125 in itself..

Well i got the cover off and with the key on the crank at 6 o'clock both timing marks are off no matter how many times I turn it so its definitely off.. as far as the valve is concerned I'm taking a boroscope to each cylinder and looking for any shiny spots on any pistons before I pressurize the...

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Haven't had any more work done yet but I figured id show an image of what I meant when I say the follower split in two. the little peice on the rag beside it is the other half of the lock. Like you said, lucky so far. Hope tomorrow proves that to be right. Will keep you all updated. Thanks...

Imy hoping so, still scared witless that it may have somehow over lifted because of the rocker being positioned incorrectly and hit the piston causing the rocker to split. So I'm still looking at a possible bent valve and until I further check the cam out I might even have to go back with stocks...

Yes I'm going to pull the timing cover either way so that I know for sure that it is in time. And yes I do beleive in my mind that it was the unseated rocker that caused THIS mess but not the overall problem. but I don't think it would have went back together so easily and not have moved the key...

No but the other tech I work with does and he'll let me use it.. honestly I'm betting that it wasn't seated properly.. so I'm going to pressurize that cylinder tomorrow and listen for leaks in intake and exhaust. If it blows I'm gonna just pull the timing cover and the head.. if it doesn't then...

Yup. Makes me sick.. all my marks stayed the same, the phaser never dropped out of the chain and the wedge was tight as hell so idk.. hoping I can pressure up that cylinder and reseat the lock and it hold pressure but I'm doubting it at this point

Okay even worse news.. not only is the rocker toast but the far rear valve has thrown one of the two valve locks.. does that mean that the piston came up and pushed the lock out?

Just noticed the the far rear roller follower on the passenger side is literally cracked into two peices. I've retrieved the peices and the very far edge of the last lobe has a slight knick in it but I beleive it's out of the path of where the follower rolls. Could this be what's causing my...

The reluctor fingers on the passenger side phaser are exactly as in the picture. The center of the 3 fingers on the driver side is just slightly to the right of the timing mark instead of slightly to the left as shown in the picture.

Already pulling the cam covers. I'll check to make sure that the reluctor fingers are in order for the picture

Also I need to add that during the swap I had to hook a jump box up to roll my window down because I had to get something in my car and couldn't close the door back and at some point the positive cable touched the fender. Is there any possibility that I may have fried the computer? Or any way to...

I removed the maf plug and tried it with the same results. Checked all my vacuum lines and nothing off. Looks like I'm gonna have to pull the front cover and start fresh. Really disappointing but I guess it is what it is.

I double checked the part numbers when I got them home and out of the box. And when installing I matched the snout lengths of the cams before installing.