Recent content by tonguepressedatteeth

I've been struggling to get the valve cover back on now that I've put a new camshaft in. If I turn the rotor over I can get the cover to fit but if I continue rotating it around it pushes up on the various corners of the cover so it won't fit square. It pushes the corners up nearly a 1/4". Is...

Ok I adjusted it and it seems like it's as close as it's going to get. The alternator rotor has a weird sort of lopsided turn to it where it goes tense then slack when I'm turning it over. Any idea what that would be?

Clymer manual told me to point it up! Don't know what difference it makes except that with that indicator up the two left camshaft lobes are at the 10 and 2 o'clock positions.

Hey all, I'm back, finally getting to install my "new" camshaft after my old one snapped however long ago that was. Been too busy to tackle this up until now. Anyway I got the new shaft in and as I'm trying to set the timing I can only seem to get the two level indicators on the cam chain...

Yeah, cheap. No wear on lobes, very minor pitting but as I understand most 350s/360s are going to have some pitting due to a manufacturing issue? Tiny tiny tiny pits. I don't think I can hope for much better. Can I get them filled?

Come here and let me kiss you on the goddamn mouth. Thanks for this!

Thanks for the info. How brutal. It's looking like these parts are not really available except for performance aftermarket stuff that requires new springs and pistons... so upwards of $700 to do the replace. I found a decent looking one on ebay for $200. Hope it works out.. also hope this...

:'( Any idea what the material is at the end of the shaft? It broke off so weird, doesn't seem like steel.

The end of the camshaft snapped off flush to the engine.

I just snapped the threaded end off of my camshaft trying to install my Charlie's Place electronic ignition. First off I can't believe how easy it broke - practically zero force and it snapped clean. Does anybody have recommendations on replacing, repairing etc? Not stoked on this soul...

So I figured that out and went to reinstall the advancer... tightening the bolt down and I hear a pop and it goes loose. Great. Maybe it de-threaded I think optimistically. Go to loosen the bolt and the whole end of the camshaft is snapped clean off. Hand wrenching barely any force...

Well I removed the c-rings retaining the two spring arms and was able to remove the cam(rotor?) that way. One of the c-rings flew off into the wild blue yonder, which is what I was hoping to avoid, but I solved the initial problem anyway. When you've been doing masonry in 100F weather you try...

Hey y'all, I'm having a problem installing the magnet for my new ignition. The new piece is exactly the same diameter as the existing (is this the rotor?). How do I remove the existing? Or is it simply incorrect? Every video I can find online conveniently skips over this question, or the...

Awesome, glad to hear. I didn't really understand what everyone was talking about when they kept mentioning some 30 day time limit for registration. Seemed like a stupid concept to begin with and I couldn't really find any information about it. Maybe it applies to new vehicles. Thanks for...

Hey guys, I bought a cl360 from a friend last summer but was super busy and never had a chance to register it. I'm now across the country in a different state than I originally bought it and I want to register it now. I'll probably head to the DMV on Monday but I wanted to know if any of you...