So I was messing around with my truck today, installed an absolutely gorgeous compound kit from PDD (K27/SXE369) and had attempted to mess with my timing.
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I was checking the timing to make sure my pump was pin timed. I was also having some difficulty pin timing the engine but will get into that later.
So when I was putting the nut that holds the pump timing pin, the portion that holds the threads decided to snap off. I say that because when I took the broken piece out, the nut was only hand tight into the threads.
What are my options? Do I have to replace my entire pump housing or is that some kind of threaded portion on the bracket that holds some of the throttle linkage?
Secondarily, I was trying to pin time engine and I did this several times, to the same issue. I centered the timing nipple in the port on the pump, broke the pump nut free, rotated engine til cam timing pin inserted. Nipple centered in view port + cam timing pin fully inserted = pin timed engine correct? As soon as I locked the nut down, I went to 50 ft/lbs first, the nipple had disappeared from view port.
Do I need to use pump timing pin in the nut reversed outward for the first torque to hold the pump in place or am I doing something really wrong?
Thanks,
Andrew