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I bought two of these tools a couple of weeks ago and I used them for the first time today. Besides my 575, I have two Benz, an S class and a C63...
I am waiting for a quote from a local entity to see if I shop the work out or do it myself.
Brian I am in Minneapolis
I got the cams off today and did a pressure test. Here is what I found by observation and test: --Cyl 5's bucket was sticking up higher than...
It will be a few days here before I can work my way through removing all the debris (air tubing etc) that clutters up the area around manifolds...
I have both cam covers off now so I can see the original timing marks. We looked to see of the alignment marks were the same for both banks on...
I could also lay a long rod into the #4 hole and see if that piston is coming up and if the cam lobes are approaching. The cup as I hit my...
I think, when we looked at the geometry, that a few degrees of crank rotation only results in a couple of thou of measure of the piston at TDC so,...
The same plugs have been in the car since before I bought it. I have owned it for two years and put on 1600 miles in that time
Yep, very first time
Got the plenum off today, valve cover off and 1-6 bank plugs pulled and have some hard data: --#4 plug tip was "mashed". the pin is demolished,...
Yes, I have the manual from Ricambi. I will look again but I think it states to remove the 24 nuts and shows the nut that I can see.
i am at the point of starting to remove the 24 nuts holding the intake plenum. They do NOT make this easy! I can see only one of the nuts. I can...
I thought about that and about something getting sucked into the intake while the air cleaners are off. My locking vicegrip is accounted for and...
Finnerty To lock the system, I put the car in 1st gear and used a small vicegrip between the two camshaft sprockets
If it was hydraulic lock, then when I hand cranked the engine 180 the other direction (CCW) wouldn't I push the liquid out the exhaust ports?
I did a lock swap on both cambelts, replaced the tensioner bearings, cleaned the tension mechanisms, replaced the remaining aux belts, changed...
Rifledriver I understand your comment on being able to tell where the pistons are and I accept that a mistake has been made but what ha me...
Taz another question on the cam timing marks---My shop manual which shows both ends marked, shows the marks on the bearing cap and the shaft but...
Taz My workshop manual shows the timing marks on both ends of the cams. I was hoping that was correct but I have read before that they are only...
