16V 2.0 Pickup lives, sort of... Update...

[area53 at validpath.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

Yeah - but does it _RUN_ yet??  :)

>   Jim Jarret, Jeff, Brian, and others, thanks very much for the responses
>   to 
> my requests...  The sucker was indeed off at the cams, I think both were 
> off...  I understand much better now why you folks have a love/hate 
> relationship with your cars...  :-)  Damn, stupid to have to time it by
> trial  and error. I got it on the second attempt with some help.  
> 
>   To sum up what we found:  Timing at the T-Belt was off by one tooth, both
>   
> cams were off, and the dist. was maxed at 7 degrees...  I was really
> irritated  when I discovered that the valve cover bolts were finger tight. 
> Add that to  the list of other things that were not tight:  All fasteners
> for the front  suspension (we towed this thing three times with me in it,
> once to the shop,  and back and forth from the muffler shop), the axle
> stubs in the bearings (he  was smart enough to have them, but not smart
> enough to  tighten them up, so I  will need new bearings), headbolts (they
> were all over the place), many others  that at this point are not worth
> mentioning...  It just goes to show what you  can get when you buy an
> unfinished (unproven on the road) project...
> 
>   But now, I have justified my buying this thing, with y'alls help...   :-)
> 
> Thanks very much again...
> 
> Cheers,
>   David Utley
> 
> 
> David Utley
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