hey there. yeah everything looks good timing wise, but te tensioner on the pass. side doesnt even touch the chain..... i dont want to take off the head again either. has anyone replaced the timing w/o taking the head off,,,,???? would this be a good cause of it not starting??? im going to put in a new dampner and see if it takes up the slop... im taking it down right now to see if an ne thing is wrong on the bottom..... thanks.. i have a feeling we'll get this going... then ill owe you some---------> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />