Ford vs GM tools, Timing

[@SpankysHotRodsandCustoms]

Jimmy is making it work!!!

[@JimmyMakingitwork]

Thanks Spanky!

[@BeardedFordTech]

Very cool. But which ford cam lock tool? 3.5 and 3.7 are different. So is the 2.3 (that one goes in the back of the cam)

[@JimmyMakingitwork]

This was the 4 cylinder Ford tool. Really any flat bar of the same thickness.

[@BeardedFordTech]

@JimmyMakingitwork ohhh

[@CALI-m1s]

I didn’t know you had to lock the timing for a gasket

[@JimmyMakingitwork]

Since the chain needs to come off, the cams can turn.

[@samuelyee3424]

Wait until you find out that not the only tool and the timing cover gasket is behind the chain and phasers

[@JimmyMakingitwork]

It is all set and will be in our Day in the Shop series this weeks videos!

[@gon123able]

I know a person who just made it from a piece of steel

[@JimmyMakingitwork]

Nice work!

[@CALI-m1s]

You don’t need a special tool just a ford special tool

[@JimmyMakingitwork]

There are kits available for these engines. I used a Ford special tool to hold the cams, the critical part of the repair.