Well guys, I'm getting ready to start this cam plug project. Got a buddy over to hand me tools and clean parts, etc, so should go a little quicker.

It helps having the old engine in the floor - I am going to loosen the cam caps/rocker bolts from the rear forward, and see how many/how far I have to loosen to gain some clearance at the rear where the plug sits. In other words, I'm going to see if I can loosen, say, the three caps, starting at the back, and loosen each one progressively less as I move forward, to gain maybe like a 1/32" or 1/16" "crack" where the cam plug sits. Hopefully I can gain just enough to get the plug in, clean the crack and dab some rtv, and retorque the caps. I'll report back and let you know how it goes...

My concern with removing the rocker assembly - isn't that rocker assembly/cam cap assembly all that holds the cam in? I believe so...therefore, I very well might end up losing time if the belt would jump on the sprocket. My thought is that the belt might put enough leverage on the camshaft to lever the cam up out of the lower bearings -- and if that happens, it will surely let the belt become loose enough to maybe jump a tooth or two on at least one sprocket... I do not want to have to bust the front open again to fix timing, if I can help it...

I'll check back on and off today, to see if anyone has any ideas... I'm open to any and all... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />