How to do timing when the cam pin is broken!!

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SRRAE

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The location pin which is used to make sure the cas is on the correct way round has broken off :(
This is making putting the CAS on the right way nearly impossible.
Does anyone have any tips on how to get the cas located correctly with this issue?

Stuart
 
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SRRAE

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No no no.
On top of the star, half of it protruded and half of the CAS was blocked off so it would only fit in 1 way. It is the protruding but which has come off.
 
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pmac

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SRRAE said:
No no no.
On top of the star, half of it protruded and half of the CAS was blocked off so it would only fit in 1 way. It is the protruding but which has come off.
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If any of the cam drive is missing then the CAS wont locate so you will need another cam
 
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andy

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It IS possible Stuart but its a trial and error job with a timing light - you will need a lot of patience. Get a good bright torch and you will see the scarring on the end of the cam where the spiggot broke off - try and line this up as best you can with how it should be in the CAS, start the car and check it with a timing gun. I had to do this once after someone had snapped theirs off and thought the backfiring sounded cool but couldn't understand why the car was so slow... idiots....

Like I say, it IS possible :)

Cheers,

Andy

Pete, the CAS is driven by the star drive not the locating spiggot ;)
 
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pmac

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andy said:
It IS possible Stuart but its a trial and error job with a timing light - you will need a lot of patience. Get a good bright torch and you will see the scarring on the end of the cam where the spiggot broke off - try and line this up as best you can with how it should be in the CAS, start the car and check it with a timing gun. I had to do this once after someone had snapped theirs off and thought the backfiring sounded cool but couldn't understand why the car was so slow... idiots....

Like I say, it IS possible :)

Cheers,

Andy

Pete, the CAS is driven by the star drive not the locating spiggot ;)
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Oh I know exactly how it all works!!
Or rather in my case how it wont work thanks to some idiot at Newman Cams:smash:
 
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SRRAE

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Thanks. I did try that and it seemed not to work.
I also put the engine at 15º and then turn the cas until cylinder 1 sparked and put in without moving it.
However cylinder 6 is blowing like a thing which blows a lot.
 
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