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You don't have to pull the timing cover. I leave the manifolds on until the head is off. Make sure you have a little metal bracket/shelf under the cam sprocket, and that it's not bent down, before you take off the cam sprocket bolt, or the tensioner will pull the chain too far down to get the sprocket back on the cam. There's a fix, but not real easy.


Okay, I need a little clarification. I have seen pictures of a wedge-shaped tool that looks like it would slide down between the chain guides and keep the chain from jumping. Is what you are referring to here a home-made version of that tool? Do you have a picture?

Also, I got my 'new' cylinder head from the remanufacturer tonight. To be honest, I'm not sure it is worth installing. It came with a 20 thou copper gasket to make up for the excessive deck cut done to the casting. Two lifters have the jet valve lever cut off, the other two do not. I have two kinds of intake valves. The inside of the cam is rusty. But the clincher is the crack between the jet valve and the valve seat. See the pics below:

http://digitalpics00.no-ip.org/~halatos/NewCylHead

I guess my question at this point is, is it even worth installing this...apparent piece of crap on my engine? My initial reaction after seeing the crack is to send it back and get another.

Chris