OK, so I've had a run of bad luck with the stang. This started off as a water pump replacement and the timing/water pump stud bolt broke off inside the timing cover. Bolt extractors did not work so I had to pull the timing cover out.
Long story short I got the bolt out and bought:
New Ford Double roller timing chain set
New Ford Harmonic balancer
New water pump/hoses/tstat, etc
The problem:
The timing chain cover will not seat. I does not seem to want to line up with the "dowel" pins from the block. I've put all my weight on it to try and get it low enough to seat and went as far as loosening 2 oil pan bolts to try and make some extra room. No dice. The rest of the oil pan bolts look pretty hard to get to.
Am I missing something here? Is there any tips/tricks to getting this timing cover back on?
Thanks in advance!
Long story short I got the bolt out and bought:
New Ford Double roller timing chain set
New Ford Harmonic balancer
New water pump/hoses/tstat, etc
The problem:
The timing chain cover will not seat. I does not seem to want to line up with the "dowel" pins from the block. I've put all my weight on it to try and get it low enough to seat and went as far as loosening 2 oil pan bolts to try and make some extra room. No dice. The rest of the oil pan bolts look pretty hard to get to.
Am I missing something here? Is there any tips/tricks to getting this timing cover back on?
Thanks in advance!