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91,940 Turbo cam seal 900

Hi everyone,
Camshaft seal was leaking. To open the cam pulley, I ordered a tool from FCP Groton that I heard is same for Crank shaft and other two pulleys. But it does not hold the cam pulley (may be I don't know how to use it). So I hold the crank shaft pulley with this tool and slowly opened the cam pulley with care not to disturb the marks. Replaced the seal by opening the valve cover. I have no toruque wrench that has setting of 14psf but mine is craftsman's that starts from 20. Now I have two problems:
1. No torque wrench that can be used to tight the bearing cap and valve cover nuts as the torque is 14 psf. Where I can get good one?
2. Upon tightning the bolt for the cam pulley I used the same method as to open it. But the timing belt skipped on the center shaft and crank shaft and not the cam shaft pulley's. Now the timing marks for the cam has changed. Any suggestions to correct this scenerio would be appreciated.
Thanks
Ram








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91,940 Turbo cam seal 900

Any auto parts/Sears store will have a small decent bar type torque wrench. Stay with a name brand and you will be fine (Proto, SK/Facom, Husky, Stanley, Craftsman, etc.).

As for your other problem, you really need to remove the dust shield to make sure everything is lined up (see Mike Ponte's site for details
http://www.mikeponte.com/volvo/timing.htm).

If your distributor is mounted on the back of the head, the large idler gear positioning is not critical. If the distr. is mounted on the side of the block, it is important.

Obviously, the cam to crank positioning is critical in both cases. You can try using a strong flashlight to see if you can get the crank aligned properly, you might be able to see what you need to without further disassy. Cam alignment should be easy. Just be patient, trying to line things up with the crank dampener and lower dust shield still in place is not the easiest way of doing this. It may very well take more time to do it this way than to remove the crank pulley & dust shield and do it right.







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