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Originally Posted by 40cpe
You had it "purring like a kitten" on the 19th. What makes you think you have a cam timing issue? The distributor was the problem then, check the last thing you changed.
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This whole thing started as a bad sound like a rod knocking. That turned out to be bad piston slap. So i tore it down, honed the cylinders and put in NOS pistons and rings. Then put it all back together, same carb, same coil etc etc.
it wouldnt start after I put it back together last week, and I knew the vacuum brake plunger was bad, so I waited to put in the new one.
After i put the new vacuum brake in, I had to crank it a lot again but it did finally start and ran good for about 5 minutes, then again started sputtering and died and hasnt run since.
I did drive it for less than half a mile when it was running good and was afraid I wasnt going to make it back home because it started sputtering while i was driving it.
Until tonight I havent changed a thing except points gap and carb float level.
Tonight I am going back to square one. And because of the multiple marks on this cam gear I am questioning how it should be timed to the crank gear.