Gentlemen,

While doing the cam (enem v15), silencers, valve lash, the seals, t. belt, water pump, taping the head for an autometer water temp sender, and other assorted laborious goodies, I came across an unusual problem: I could not get the crank sprocket off no way, no how.

To be honest, when I did the head several months ago I replaced the cam seal and i. shaft seal and left the crank seal alone. Today, I tried to make up for it and got everything torn down only to be stopped by the crank sprocket. It looked as though there was a micro line (if you will) of corrosion at the front of the sprocket and it would not budge.

How do you guys get that thing off?

Right now, everything is back together and the car is running super. Still, some sage advice would be great for the next time I am down there.

Also, when I did the head, a re-drilled "adjustable" cam gear was thrown into the mix. It is a stock cam gear with extra holes drilled around the center in 2 degree incriments (to either retard or advance the cam). My friend installed that and set everything up for me. I was busy with other tasks and not paying attention.

Today, when it came time for me to re-install the cam gear, I could not figure out how to advance the timing.

I resorted to reinstalling the cam "stright up" so that I could get my car running with no drama. At 6 degrees advance, it seemed as though I had to move the cam ALOT (almost to exhaust valve opening) and immediately became concerned about moving the cam too far. I scared myself confused -or confused myself scared!

Can anyone explain how to do this?

TIA

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