Not trying to be a smartass, but if one was 'ticking' -- "THEY" are bad. As for 'which one', hope someone is a smarter *** than me. Lol.

 

They are so freeking tiny !

 

Yep I was about to answer it myself lol. You can tell right away as when trying to compress them they squeeze out out like a plunger and the bad ones won't at all or just to say. As much as it pisses me off I always did enjoy learning new things and playing around with mechanics. I am mechanically inclined just not on fords. I can build a skidoo snowmobile eyes closed but not like this. Seems like I got all my parts now and cams, rollers, plungers, and vct housing all cleaned up and should be good to start putting things back toget her. So is there a vid somewhere I can watch with the steps to put back in order so my timing is good to go.
1 bottom gear 6 o'clock
2 cylinder 1 TDC
3 pass cam lobe facing to pass fender
4 drivers side opposite and can't find torque specs to bolt vct housing back in and also the cams in. Thx

 

Make u loco gives inch lbs in video.

 

That's all you need! That's the ONLY thing I ever had going for myself. Never seen the front side of a school after getting drafted into the U.S. Army.
I ran across the attached sheet on the internet. It has lots of torque specs for the 5.4 consolidated in one place - but doesn't have VCT valve body.

For that one, open the Factory Service Manual (Zip) file, then the 5.4 Engine.PDF file. Page 307 seems to indicate 89 in-lbs.

 

Been following along. Darenn123, let me know where you are price wise when you get her all buttoned up.

 

Yes I will list what I bought and cost. I tried to get what I can online as it is a third the cost then dealer. I looked at a oil pan gasket at dealer here and wanted 96 bucks plus 12 % tax and a vct selenoid is 180 bucks and coil packs are 108 each. But will let you know for sure, thx

 

I just want to compare cost of all this work vs a reman engine. I would like a list if you could as I would deduct stuff like COP's since mine are good. Thanks

 

These are pics of my camshaft area not crank bearings.

 

Ok np where are you located, as I know here it was over 5 k for reman. The biggest thing is the hrs as its my first time and want to do it right, but let you know if all goes well should be done in few days as I gotta work also lol