Hi everyone so I'm doing a head gasket job on my ka and I'm having trouble putting the cams back into place. All the things that I've read just say that it'll just go right back into place but this is t working for me. I've only tried putting in the exhaust cam in but my problem is that it won't sit right because the middle two lobes hit the shims. I'm pretty sure I don't have the cams mixed up and the motor was at tdc when I took it apart. It's normal for all the valves to be closed at tdc right? I'm just wondering if there is a tool I need to compress the valves so that the cam lobes will clear them? The motor is in the car already if that matters. This is my only car and I need to deal with this asap really hoping that I'm just not trying hard enough, any help is appreciated. The picture is of how the lifters are sitting in the car right now, is this normal?
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10-04-2016, 08:23 PM
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