cam shaft swap???
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cam shaft swap???
the gear on my cam shaft for the distributor is bad and keeps tearing up my distributor gears, which then fubar's the timing and it wont run. i can keep putting dist gears in it but its only a temporary fix.
can you change the cam shaft in a 4.0 without pulling the head off? if I gotta pull the head off I might ended up buying a whole motor to go thru, check it out and play with before dropping it in. would like to do a header and maybe upgrade the cam if i have to do all this now.
just curious what kind of work im getting myself into.
can you change the cam shaft in a 4.0 without pulling the head off? if I gotta pull the head off I might ended up buying a whole motor to go thru, check it out and play with before dropping it in. would like to do a header and maybe upgrade the cam if i have to do all this now.
just curious what kind of work im getting myself into.
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not sure .. but why not just have the head reworked.. (if it has to come off) plus a little hotter cam .. would still be cheaper than a used motor
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i got a line on 2 motors locally... $300 and $400 both were good running engines removed from wrecked trucks.
its a matter of if i can do this easy with the head on, im gonna go cheap and slap a cam in it and keep driving it. if its gonna be more involved, ill just wait, save up some money and take a used motor and go thru it then drop it in when its ready.
its a matter of if i can do this easy with the head on, im gonna go cheap and slap a cam in it and keep driving it. if its gonna be more involved, ill just wait, save up some money and take a used motor and go thru it then drop it in when its ready.
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