Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer

New CRK/CYL sensor installed and carefully torqued the fixing bolts.






All four cam shafts ...

Tags: cam disc, cam holder, cam seal, cam shaft, crk/cyl sensor, cyl/crk sensor, tb cover, tb cover plate, tb mid cover

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

TB installed in the original orientation and tensioned properly.
I wish I have three hands just for this procedure.........

By the way, I did notice that the timing marking at the back of the
rear ...

Tags: cam seal, cam shaft, timing belt

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Personal View/Self Talk

Started to remove the valve cover.

I was hoping that the leakage was from the corner of the valve cover gasket
above the #1 cam holder so that I don’t need to remove the cam shaft.


Unfortunately, it was not the case and the valve cover gasket was
really stuck on the cyl head and cam holder surfaces that I had to pull it off ...

Tags: cam seal, oil leakage

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Personal View/Self Talk

Started the re-assembly process.








New O-ring under the #1 cam holder at each bank.












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Tags: belt tension, cam disc, cam gear, cam holder, cam seal, cam seal disc, holder plate, oil seal, timing belt, water pump

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TB/WP/Valve Service

The weather condition was kind to me today and
with the support from the garage heater,
there was no more high humidity in the air and
was happy to start the cam shaft installation.









New O-ring under No.1 cam holder.







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Updated 24-12-2012 at 12:58 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: back plate, cam cap, cam cap disc, cam holder, cam seal, cam shaft, cam timing, cover back plate, cover plate, tension, timing belt

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Engine Refresh Stage 2