Ok so i started the install of my MS3 cam and all supporting mods this weekend. So watch and enjoy

starting the teardown


Pulled the injectors


pulled the intake (we accidentally broke the oil sending unit)



next came the exhaust manifolds:
drivers side

Passenger side


starting the scrap bin


pulled the water pump


pulled the valve covers:
passenger side

drivers side


pulled the timing cover


used dowels to hold up the lifters as we started to pull the cam



the cam completly removed..


oiling up the MS3


installing the MS3


cam in and ready to remove the dowels


dowels removed


stay tuned for updates soon to come..
not bad for a weekends worth of work with a limited amount of parts

 

nice!

 

nice job

 

did you happen to run a fifle cleaner down the center of th ecam? I do and I ALWAYS find crap in there from the machining process. if the last pic is where its at, might want to pull it back out and do that just in case. I got one cam that was nasty inside. but the rest is very little dirt/debris but its better to be safe then sorry.
good luck man. looks like your doin fine otherwise.
chris

 

I've never seen that dowel method before, that's really cool and simple!

 

haha,

so did I!!!

 

yep, done that before too. :doh:

 

Ya Jermz gave me that idea, and saved me about 90 bucks the dowels were 69 cents each

 

I didn't do that but i sprayed a whole can of brake clean on and in the cam. But do you mean like a pipe cleaner?

 

yeah, I acutally used a can of brake cleaner, then used a coat hanger cut and straightend, with a pice of papertowel in the end of it like a rifle cleaner. used to clean the long barrel of a rifle. ran that through and sprayed a bit through after that. long as you atleast looked in there. some people have no idea to do that and "could" have a bunch of junk in there if it wasnt cleaned from the mill.

 

weren't you worried the paper would get stuck in there?

 

There was a little bit of white grease on the end but i did look and it looked pretty clean. Thanks for the input i may look into doing it.. Im gonna do the valve springs today i think wish me luck and ill post more pics.

 

great pics

 

what method are you using to keep your valves up?

the air hose method or are you going to turn your crank until the piston is TDC to whatever valve springs you're working on?

 

Im still sort of debating which one to use to tell the truth. I believe im going to use the TDC method it seems like the safest way. I dont have the right sized air fitting to screw into my spark plug holes so ya probably the TDC method. And as far as a valve spring compressor goes i dont have one yet im trying to hunt one down..

 

I used tdc, it was easy as hell. i wouldnt do it any other way. held the valve with a magnet and moved it up and down just to make sure i was at tdc.

Looks like everythings going well, pics like that makes it look like you can do everything in about 2 hours, lol

 

Courtesy of my friend Matt

 

wow looks awesome! what's tdc guys? top dead center?

 

Yup TDC = Top Dead Center

 

so what did you take the header manifolds off for? getting LT's?

what other mods?