Quote Originally Posted by Mike@PureMS View Post
Your cam timing in this photo is WAY off. Assuming you have the crank at TDC, the exhaust cam should have that marking around the 12 o'clock position. The intake cam appears close, also near the 12 o'clock position, but tough to tell with that angle. I would venture to think the valves made contact at some point.

Also, there's a bracket that bolts over the end of the cam shafts. Take a close look at the engine side of that bracket, there's a very small mesh screen on the lower edge. It's a small filter for the oiling port that goes to the cam adjuster. Make sure that screen is in tact, and in good shape. We've seem some of those screens come apart, and get bits of screen jammed up in the cam adjuster.

Good luck!
Hi Mike - yes my timing IS WAY off; that was the point of the picture LOL. Not sure if you followed the whole thread or not but my timing tensioner failed and the chain has jumped. That picture IS with #1 @ TDC. The end result is both intake and exhaust have retarded physical timing. I was lucky and major interference did not occur between pistons and valves.

Are you referring to the whole cam control assembly that bolts over both cams; you have to remove the intake's cam control valve first before the whole assembly can be removed - correct?
If so, are you referring to a small, like the diameter of a BIC pen, screen that sits within one of the oil feed holes?
If so (and batting 1.00 at this point), I know what you're referring to and good call on that. I should take a pic of that for everyone. I should add that as a part to replace during this whole rebuild.