cam lube?
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cam lube?
i got my engine machined awhile back and the fella did not not put any lube on the cam. should i just remove it and do it while its out or can i do it while it is in the block? the only things on the eng is the cam, crank and heads.
1971 Sport Custom SWB: 360/C6 3.00
1965 Ford Falcon 4Dr: Inline 170 3sp
1965 Ford Falcon 4Dr: Inline 170 3sp
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Re: cam lube?
clean it, lube cam lobes, lube lifter bottoms and finish assembly 

Steve
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The"Filthy Beast"- '68 F-250 Crew Cab 131"W/B 4x4 4BT compounds hx30/Wh1c,5x.012" sac injectors/ZF 5/NP203-205 /3.54 44 trutrack front/60 trutrack rear on 33's. 2nd owner
"Beauty is only skin deep....Ugly is to the bone"
It is more important to understand what you don't know than what you do know,because then you can start to learn..???
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There are only three types of people wolves, sheepdogs, and sheep. What are you?
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Re: cam lube?
I would pull it out and lube it... 

Robert
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Re: cam lube?
i thought so. thanks.DuckRyder wrote:I would pull it out and lube it...

1971 Sport Custom SWB: 360/C6 3.00
1965 Ford Falcon 4Dr: Inline 170 3sp
1965 Ford Falcon 4Dr: Inline 170 3sp