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Mail From: DARIUS RUDIS <(email redacted)>


> > Randy Hasson and I [...] decided to attack the 302 Mexican block
> > [...and] had it down to to the bare block EXCEPT for the camshaft
> > (that bugger wouldn't budge an inch)....the lifters were jammed in
> > there pretty good and although we couldn't remove them, we pulled
> > them up high enough (it seemd) to clear the cam....any ideas on
> > getting the cam out>

When you are done tearing the motor down, you still should "hot-tank" it
to remove any deposits and to remove any crud in the water jackets. This
process also eats away the cam bearings (since it is a very caustic liquid).
If you hot-tanked it, the bearing should be eaten away
enough to pull the cam out, and even get out the sticky lifters.

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Mail From: Lev Lvovsky <(email redacted)>

Mustangs And Fords has a Good article on a 302-289 teardown, they say
that for under $2000(pocket change right?) PAW can do a total rebuild of
your engine with all of the machine work, and assmbly and Cleaning. They
also install a Roller cam(if you want) and also hardened valve seats.
read the article, it's pretty informative.

On Wed, 29 Mar 1995, DARIUS RUDIS wrote:

>
> > > Randy Hasson and I [...] decided to attack the 302 Mexican block
> > > [...and] had it down to to the bare block EXCEPT for the camshaft
> > > (that bugger wouldn't budge an inch)....the lifters were jammed in
> > > there pretty good and although we couldn't remove them, we pulled
> > > them up high enough (it seemd) to clear the cam....any ideas on
> > > getting the cam out>
>
> When you are done tearing the motor down, you still should "hot-tank" it
> to remove any deposits and to remove any crud in the water jackets. This
> process also eats away the cam bearings (since it is a very caustic liquid).
> If you hot-tanked it, the bearing should be eaten away
> enough to pull the cam out, and even get out the sticky lifters.
>

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