[McMustang5.0]

Wow, so I'm about 99.9% sure I broke my camshaft!

The back two lifters/rocker arms/valve springs/push rods on BOTH sides DO NOT move at all when I turn over the motor!

So, I can almost gaurente that I broke the crappy stock cam!

I will be putting in my Sig Erson cam with some anti-pump lifters this weekend, pending that I didn't break anything else!

Is there anything else that would cause the back two lifters/rocker arms/valve springs/rush rods not to move?

Thanks
-Aaron

 

[McMustang5.0]

really?

what happens when you break a cam?

 

[McMustang5.0]

that totally depends on the damage and really, LUCK if you broke the disco stick, well alot of things could have happened, but if your lucky the valves could have went back into place causing no valve piston problem whatsoever, or the piston could have come up hitting the valve spinning the broken cam and still caused no real damage, or maybe it did cause some damage, your going to have to pull it down totally to get the metal shavings from the break out of the motor, somthing caused the cam to break they dont just up and decide to break, thats the biggie, why did the cam break in the first place?

The Valves are fine, the springs musta just pulled em shut cause there is no damage to the valves or piston (that i have found yet)Knock on wood.

We will get deeper into it this weekend when its not 16 degrees outside. I'll take some pic's and post em up for ya!

Are the back pushrods bent?

Nope the push rods are fine!

Don't mind Mustank. Long ago. His clan was wiped out by camshafts with big duration. Like a pheonix, he rose up swearing vengence.

what happend?

Hmmm....What firing order is that cam???????

This cam will do just fine.

 

[McMustang5.0]

Yeah, were going to run a high intensity magnet threw the oil. Then change it and run the magnet threw it after a hour. Then change it again.

I dont think a rebuild is nesscary.

 

[McMustang5.0]

yeah this just broke in to 2 peices. Its gonna be a pain to change but it should be fine.

Hopefully.

if not 351 here I come!

 

[McMustang5.0]

I just pulled the Raidator, valve covers, A/C, water pump, tensioner, belts and brackets.

Now its time to take off the manifold!

I will post some pic's later.

 

[McMustang5.0]

yes, were getting all new bearings.

I'll take some pictures here in a minute.

 

[McMustang5.0]

Actually I'm not. I didn't know what bearing you were talking about until it just dawned on me now. No we aren't getting new bearings.

Here is my work so far! I feel pretty acomplished, for only being 17 and knowing very little about cars.

 

[McMustang5.0]

and I haven't broke anything!!! (knock on wood!)

 

[McMustang5.0]

HAHAHA just got to the cam and it severed in HALF! I will post pictures later!

 

[McMustang5.0]

More pic's! One of the BROKEN CAM!