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Re: Camshaft Inspection!!

To: "Nick Gemas" <gln@worldpath.net>, <6pack@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Camshaft Inspection!!
From: "Theodore R. Stevens" <trstevens@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 20:57:48 -0400
When I had the oil pan off after finding "silver sludge" in the oil a few 
years back, I was able to tell that some lobes were no longer egg-shaped. 
As far as I know you cannot inspect the tappets without at least removing 
the camshaft.

At 10:32 PM 8/19/2002, Nick Gemas wrote:
>Anyone know if you can inspect a camshaft by removing the oil pan and
>checking it from the bottom? Anyone out there in the process of a rebuild
>maybe? If so can you see all the lobes? I suspect the last one back on cyl.6
>has gone south.
>
>Thanks All,
>
>Nick Gemas

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