This is a great learning video. He makes it look very easy. In an inframe, it's doable but a lot of stuff are in the way. As well as barring the engine over. Thank You
The printed gasket goes against the cam follower !! It helps seal the cam follower !! They move when the engine is running and it will leak sooner if it NOT against the cam follower !!
Brian, After watching this, I think I messed up my timing. Here's the issue. I had to replace the accessory drive on an NTC 350 Big Cam Cummins. I turned the crank a little to line up the timing marks on the accessory drive with the camshaft. I also think I knocked the timing marks out of alignment when removing the pulleys, Now the cam and the crank are not lined up but the accessory drive is. Should I just rotate the crank until they line up? Thanks. Really appreciate any help.
your description is a bit vague, if you were just replacing the accessory drive it would be impossible to mess up your engine timing, however the accessory could be mistimed, remove the plug in the front cover behind the accessory drive pulley and rotate till you see the two marks, then install the accessory drive and check for the timing mark on it to be in the middle of the two marks. is essence a mistimed accessory drive only comes into play when setting the valves (overhead), to mistime your engine you would have to remove the valve train (pushtubes, front cover, vibration damper, cam followers, and pull the cam forward, the marks are for base timing, the procedure he is showing here is for final timing the injectors for tdc.
Because, sometimes the cam followers are not machined to the exact same thickness! Thus, different thickness gaskets so that all cylinders end up timed exactly the same. 😀👍
Where do you get the .352"? Mine has an IE injector code which is saying .084 fast and .086 slow. .085 nominal. So does that mean my engine only needs .085" push rod travel?
Good video but one thing note on your board that n14 is the worst engine from Cummins, oil pressure problem and oil going black so much carbon in the oil running only few hours only and crank chowk up only 2 to 3000 hours, so i m tired from this n14.
About the only thing I've experienced in your comment is my oil goes black right away. In two years and ten thousand miles Valvoline premium blue oil change I have less than 1% fuel dilution and no contaminants. I use a Fleetguard oil filter. I have 30 lb of oil pressure above idle which is what the factory manuals is the standard. I have 10 lb of oil pressure at idle. The last two pressures are much higher in cold weather from a cold start. My N14 has over 1 million and 43,500 hours and it shows no sign of needing a rebuild. Frankly, it doesn't even show the that it needs a valve overhead adjustment but I want to get one on it.
I’m glad you’re tired of it, will you sell it to me? Can assure you I’m not tired of mine, especially from any of your arguments. Cummins have a HVLP oil system, if you maintain them properly, there are no issues.
