Pulled the Mess that was my Timing Chain....

I will be replacing the cam, thanks for the recommendations for those. How long approx. does it take for a cam to be delivered?

So today we got a good amount done. My good friend who is helping me out on this got to stick around and remove the oil pump, fuel pump, and distributor as well as the pushrods (in which two of them were new; greet, so someone has been down this far) and rocker arms. Now to the lifters....those are being a PITA to remove. The teacher's concern is what some said about being out of alignment, and those lifters just walking around on that cam, causing burring and wear on both the cam lobes and the lifters themselves, which make them even more a pain to lift out. Obviously, that isn't good at all and would be even more trouble. Then again, it could be that they are lifters and are hard to remove anyways.


I'll be reposting this onto the Slant Six Forum too.