While doing my cam & spring swap today, we were using a bungee cord to fill the chamber and hold up the valves to swap the springs. Halfway through the bugee cord somehow tied itself into a knot while inside of the chamber. We were stuck for a a while but finally cut it off and pull the remains out. I laughed for several minutes on the thought that if it can it will go worng, especially in my garage. Join me in a good laugh.

 

Thats pretty funny . Im dreading doing my own cam swap, but there is no way anyone else is ever working on my truck. Glad it worked out for you. First time?? What are the specs on the new cam??

 

funny!!! Question... why are you on your 5th set of 4.10's

 

HAHAHAHAHA. Dumb ***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glad to hear it came out ok though. What do you want for the Whipple also?

 

Bungee cord to keep lifters up......

 

man dont you have an air compressor. i would hate to have to pull the heads cause i had bungee cord stuck in there.

 

I used air. Although I did hit a snag kinda when I did my cam. Few times when I was cranking down on the spring to get the locks out, I did get my fancy spring compressor a tad crooked. It started to push the valve down and I could hear air leaking a bit. Scared the **** out of me. I thought the valve was gonna fall into the cylinder.

 

I am glad everyone else enjoyed the good laugh as I did. To answer a few questions.

1. Yes it was my first time, but I had experienced help, I could do it the next time. THe new specs are 234/230 comp cam

2.5th set of 4.10 gears is a result of a whipple, 33 inch tires, a 10-bolt, and a consistently heavy foot. Axle swap will come after I finish the motor, probably a dana 60 or 14-bolt.

3. Whipple will be up for sale soon, I will make whoever wants it a good deal, I have had great fun with it.

4.bugee cord to hold the valves up, not the lifters. It actually work very well before the knot, and only did it because we could not find the fitting.

Now that the motor is ready, can't wait to start the swap.