Tony,

Thanks for the advice. With each cylinder firing 144 degrees from each
other, I can't see how all lobes of the camshaft can all be on low spots at
the same time. At that position, none of the lobes are openning the valves
very far. I did line up the 0 mark on the crankshaft and the mark on the
back of the cam pulley with the top of the valve cover gasket before I
started. I reversed the removal procedure and installed 1&3 first and 2&4
second. Lubed everything up with assembly lube and tightened slowly and
evenly with a 1/4" ratchet. Once I got everything tightened down evenly, I
torqued to 180in/lbs in three steps.

The way the manual described the procedure made no sense to me logically.
If I remove 2&4 first and 1&3 second, it makes logical sense to put them
back in reverse order.

Kirk S.
"Tony" > wrote in message
...
> Sounds like you didn't get it to TDC.
>
> The mark that you need to align is on the BACK of the cam pulley. It lines
up
> with the top edge of the valve cover gasket. Of course the cam pulley is
removed
> now so not sure how you can check it. At TDC all the lobes should be off
the
> lifters.
>
> Or your timing belt was off a few teeth before you started.
>
> Tony
> '91 100q 5 spd
> (fourth T44)
>
> Kirk S. wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm replacing the lifters on my 86 5000 and am having lots of trouble
with
> > the camshaft bearing caps. If I follow the manual, there is no way that
I
> > can put the caps back on. The procedure as I understand it is as
follows:
> >
> > a) place engine at TDC; marks on camshaft pulley and crankshaft
> > b) loosen caps 2 & 4 diagonally
> > c) remove caps 2 & 4
> > d) loosen caps 1 & 3 diagonally
> > e) remove caps 1 & 3
> >
> > The manual calls for reinstalling in the same order. The problem is
that
> > there is no way to install cap 4 with the lobes pushing on the lifters.
> >
> > What am I doing wrong? Should I install in the reverse order? That
would
> > make sense to me.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Kirk S.
> >
> >