jphipps440

I removed heads from 97 f150 4.6 windsor. Turned crank to clean top of pistons. Now I don't know how to time it. Can it be retired after turning crank without chains. Thanks for any advice.

white89gt

You set the keyway in the crank to 11 o'clock. It is much better if you buy the tool.... they run about 15 bucks on Amazon. Then the crank gear, cam gears, and chains are all marked. You put the single black links on the dot for the crank, then the double black links on the mark for the cams. These pics I have are for a 3V, but they are both timed the same.




Here's the tool:

white89gt

Man.... I forgot, the 2V only has one black link on both ends.... sorry....

Here's a good video showing them.

jphipps440

Does it matter how many times the crank turned without the chains on it as long as the key way is back at 11:00 position

white89gt

Well.... it can. When you are turning it over without also turning the cams, you will have some PTV contact - which is something you want to avoid. But if it was turned by hand, you are probably fine.

jphipps440

It was turned with the heads off the engine. So I just need to get crank to 11:00 position. I didn't know if there was 2 different rotations on crank like on cams.