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 Posted: 04-29-2005 10:09 pm
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Greg Fletcher



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 It's pretty straight forward. You'll be removing the same number of parts in addition removing the cams from the housings and, hopefully, adding new seals that probably need replacing. Figure an extra hour or so for that.

What will be a bit more time consuming on reassembly is adjusting the valves- your shims will be a bit thicker. If you're using a stock 2 liter, stay with the 107's. The 104's or 104+107 is better suited to a better breathing, higher compression engine.

If you're able to follow the directions for valve adjustment in the shop manual, you'll be fine. The text is all there, even there are no photos. You might take a look and some back issues of the newsletter from late 2004 for photos on all this.

Here's what the 107 profile looks like-