Hey fellas, need some help with my brothers rig. Here's a list of what's been done so far:

Timing Belt
Tensioner and pullies
water pump
rear cam o rings
valve cover and spark plug gaskets
valve stem seals
lifters
spark plugs

Here's the issue: new lifters are loud as hell even after pumping them up with light weight oil before installation. Also hearing a knock from the engine that wasn't there before we did all this work. Sounds like spark knock to me, so I'm wondering if we messed up the wires to the coil packs on top of the engine. I can't seem to find definitive info in the manual, so I'm hoping one of you SOHC guys could trace your wiring to verify if we have it right. I see numbers stamped on the top of the intake, and we currently have the wires routed in that order, but something doesn't seem right. Thanks in advance.

The plug wires are the same order as on the DOHC but i remember there being a misprint in the non factory manual and on the aftermarket wiring to help fudge the order. I've done it before.

I'm finding conflicting info in the FSM, so I'm going to assume what's stamped in the intake is the correct order. Something else must be going on then. Lifters have quieted down some, but my brother is telling me there is still a loud knock in the engine that wasn't there before. I'm at a loss of what to do, except tear into it again and find out if anything was missed. This is my first time doing a timing belt on a SOHC, and I'm second guessing everything now. Sucks after doing all this work, and now there is a problem. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/barf.gif" alt="" />

Don't make him hate Montero's, you'll get it figured out dude. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

You figure everything out eventually, Canyon.

John B.