258 camshaft excessive endplay knock

[Goatboy4570]

i would like to hear from anybody who has delt with this problem.

Apparently theres a retrofit spring and bolt kit and the problem is not that uncommon to 80s motors.

I thought it was my water pump failing but its the cam touching the inside of the cam cover.

my chain doesnt seam that stretched when i do the grab the lower crank pully and jog it back and forth test.

Info or experiance

 

[Torxhead]

It is probably stretched, you will also notice indentations on the top timing gear teeth, it is probably one of those nylon tooth jobs also. I would suggest replacing it with a full steel timing gear. When you set the ignition timing previously, the timing marks were probably bouncing around quite a bit also. I was not aware of any retrofit spring and bolt kit.