tobytigger

I replaced headgasket on F23a1 after shop did a valve job. The head is back on and I reinstalled the camshaft and rocker arms. The pulley is facing up and the marks are close to being aligned with head but too far forward by couple teeth at most. I can turn the pulley by hand but it's not easy and I won't stop with marks aligned exactly with head. I loosened all the valves but two rockers are tight - one of cyl 2 and one on cyl 3. When I installed the camshaft the slot was on top but I did not put the cam pulley on shaft to check if the marks aligned before torquing down the rocker assembly. The shop manual says to tighten down the bolts but check the rockers are not binding with valves. Does binding mean to check to see if all the rockers are aligned with valves versus binding against the valve cap? What does binding mean? Should all the rockers be loose even at TDC with adjusting nuts open to max. Can I just put the timing belt on and check all the marks for TDC or should I remove the rocker arms and start over?

MAD_MIKE

That post hurt to read.

Valves will need to be adjusted after everything is installed, you cannot pre-adjust the valves before installation.

Cam timing gear should be installed on head and rotated to the 'UP position and the engine block should have the crank turned to TDC.

Installing the head on before doing this will require you to turn the cam and/or crank to properly line up the two for timing.

If this happens you will have to be careful and not force either the crank of the cam as this is an interference engine, and you could damage or bend a valve(s).