Thread: Timing problem 302 Ford "Help"

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That's what I thought, but wasn't sure-----you can roll the crank forward and back to see how much rotation you can get before it starts to move the cam---it will have to have several degrees of rotation if the chain is loose enough to have skipped a tooth====


Also, if the manifold is removed you can put a straitedge across the tops of th two lifters on #1 and when they are equal the crankshaft should be at zero (this will be on the overlap stroke) so the lifters would be at there RAISED/OPEN position--
maybe a little easier step in the trouble shooting process before undoing all the front end stuff--------

Jerry the shop the owner took it too took the dist. out and looked down in and moved the crank back and forth and said he could see it tighten up and then get slack but didn't say how much he could move it.. he thought by the amount he could move it that the chain had enough slop in it to jump... we are still up in the air about that...