Ford 390 FE help

Robbie Welch · 06-30-2012, 06:20 PM

I need a little help with a 390 I'm working on. It had trouble running with less then 50deg total timing so I put a Deg wheel on it with a piston stop and sure enough it was 8 deg wrong. While I was there I pulled the timing chain cover to make sure the cam was installed correctly and it was but it had a stardard timing chain on it. Now I'm installing a roller chain, my problem is the cam dowel was sticking out of the fuel Pp eccentric about .250 which looked wrong and when I took the cam gear off the dowel came out with it. My problem is it appears that another pin may be at the bottom of the dowel hole (which is only .325 deep). My question is can the cam dowel pin be pushed back through the front of the cam on FE engines. Sorry for being so long. Thanks for your help Robbie

06-30-2012, 06:20 PM	#1
Robbie Welch Live Reporter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Golden Beach Maryland Posts: 1,234 Likes: 55 Liked 262 Times in 124 Posts	Ford 390 FE help I need a little help with a 390 I'm working on. It had trouble running with less then 50deg total timing so I put a Deg wheel on it with a piston stop and sure enough it was 8 deg wrong. While I was there I pulled the timing chain cover to make sure the cam was installed correctly and it was but it had a stardard timing chain on it. Now I'm installing a roller chain, my problem is the cam dowel was sticking out of the fuel Pp eccentric about .250 which looked wrong and when I took the cam gear off the dowel came out with it. My problem is it appears that another pin may be at the bottom of the dowel hole (which is only .325 deep). My question is can the cam dowel pin be pushed back through the front of the cam on FE engines. Sorry for being so long. Thanks for your help Robbie