Here are some of the parts and tools I used for this job: Crank holding tool: amzn.to/2SwFMP6 Cam Holding tool (2 required): amzn.to/2SB0BZV Cam follower removal tool: amzn.to/2XVPe4F DOUBLE CHECK THE FITMENT ON THE PARTS! There are too many different timing sets for me to list all of them. If your vehicle has plastic tensioners I would suggest upgrading to the iron version. They have proven to be more durable. Bolt Part#: W709818 S437 Parts: Ford Racing Timing Set: amzn.to/2SwwuTB Cloyes (plastic guides, iron tensioners): amzn.to/2Y3paji Cloyes (metal guides, iron tensioners): amzn.to/2YkkiKT

Well done. The tensioners have a fail safe feature that physically limits the amount of non tension so as to avoid piston to valve issues with momentary lack of oil pressure.

Great job man. I have done this years ago on my bullitt. I have to give you major credit. I see others making videos of doing it the wrong way. You did it right.

Cool vid man! I did this for the first time a few years ago with stage 2 cams with all new components with success. I didn’t lock cams or crank I just made sure all pistons were below deck by inserting a rod in each cylinder to double check piston height, might not be common way but worked great and put my mind at ease. It’s definitely a nerve racking process for the first time especially adding aftermarket cams. I changed oil pump so i needed to prime and I turned over to prime whole system before starting as well. There is definitely a chance for chain to jump a tooth on startup without being primed and without you knowing.Thumbs up👍!

Removing all 8 spark plugs will aid in the reduction of forces, including residual combustion chamber compressed gasses pressing down on the piston, and this can held reduce the hazard of bending valves. I'm glad you used metal tensioners as the plastic ones get weak and the spring gets weak and after 6-7 years of heat cycles and allow for super loose chains on start up and the loose chain on the driver's side will eventually bust the left side chain guide. The metal tensioners have that little ratcheting arm that presses up and keep the chains tight by keeping the tensioner arm pushed up tight in the absence of oil pressure. Great video.

I am about to tackle my chains on a 2005 Crown Vic LX Sport. I got 2 seconds of rattle in the front of the motor on startup. Thanks for the video.

Outstanding and concise video. I get a little bit of a rattle if I don't drive my Lincoln Town Car for a day or two. I'd rather do it now than later. Thank you for leaving out all the stupid details. There's a good chance that if anybody is doing this, they don't need a close up of the 8mm socket you're using to undo the airbox. There's a pretty good chance they don't need that knowledge nugget. Your information was detailed and valuable.

Been putting that off for a year because of lack of good instructions. You have made it look easy. Thanks

Thank you. And thanks for the crank no start tip. NEVER crank a new chain up without priming the oil system.

Very Helpful......I know garages complain too...but for a average joe like myself i would have to take a solid 4 days off to do this outside no garage......i get nervous im gonna screw it up so i go slow to make sure i did everything correctly

Set crank keyway to 12 o'clock and the pistons will all be low enough to not hit the valves. No need to pull rocker arms or use cam holding tool. Thank you for the video!

Not even halfway through and I'm confident that this is achievable, going to watch it a couple times though. Noticed chain smacking last week, have had low oil pressure for a while. May step up my cams also. 01 Crown Vic.

Hardest part seems to be taking everything else apart to get to it

hey man long time subscriber here - love your work. Today I ran into an issue doing this job on my 2011 Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. I've asked about 100 people online and everyone is telling me something different, so I thought I'd ask the expert directly. I replaced the chains, guides and tensioners with Melling parts. The driver's side chain lined up perfectly dot-to-dot. The passenger side is off 1 link. Would you suggest I remove the cam holding tool & turn the cam sprocket with a wrench slightly to get the chain to line up? Some are telling me this is perfectly fine to do, and others are saying not to do it - and if it's not lining up then something is wrong. I would really appreciate your input. Thank you sir

Absolutely love my 2V 4.6 bcuz of the simplicity to work on her myself. Awesome vid.

one tip could be instead of unplugging the crank sensor just crank the car in clear flood mode which is gas pedal to the floor and crank it, the car wont start but you can crank as long as you want

I love those old cast iron ratcheting style tensioners. I wish the 4.0 SOHC utilized something like that.

Great tutorial, getting ready to do this on my Town car.

Thanks for the video...my 4.6 in 2000 expedition seems realistic fir me to do with a small investment in tools. No startup rattle yet so I'll hold off. 297 000 miles with consistent oil changes.

Man i just found your channel. Not sure how it has never popped up before. Got a 4.6 in a 1997 Expedition with 280k on the clock. Never have had to do any of this stuff, but I like to know what I might have to tackle someday. Sort of going for a record with her lol. Anyway, your vids are awesome.

I wish I saw this video sooner. Could have saved me a lot of work. I will know better for next time. Thanks.

Finally a good video good explanation thanks men..I have to change my guides and tensioners on my marauder...

Dude. It’s wild looking at your clean engine and engine bay lol. I’m doing chains, guides and tensioners on my 02 GT that just hit 250,000 miles lol. It runs like a top but it’s definitely greasy on the front cover and valve covers. The right hand guide plastic broke, I started hearing the mild chain smack on the plastic a week ago. So before it gets bad or jumps timing I’m doing it.

I got a 2009 vic p71 I done so much work to really clean car but the only thing is the timing chains .I have no problems but ik it's never been replaced so it won't hurt to change it .this video definitely gave me motivation to order the kit and tackle it thanks man .

You can't just pull the pins, sometimes there will be slack opposite of the tensioner side on the chain( I meant that the chain touching the tensioner will be tight, but there may be "slack" on the opposite chain side if the cams are not in the correct time). If I remember right the LH camshaft sprocket is 12 o'clock and the RH at 11. There being slack opposite of the tensioner side means that timing is slightly off. Your method about removing the roller followers prior to messing with the chains was correct, good advice there. Also I think that cam holding tool you were using (T96T-6256-B) is only meant to be used on Windsor engines, I have a Romeo 4.6 2v and had to use (T92P-6256-A) and (T91P-6256-A). I love these engines, not a fan of the 3v. The HV Melling oil pump is def a must on the 3V's, I hate the new style plastic tensioners and cam phasers (too many issues)

Thanks for the video. So just finished replacing the chains/gears/tensioners in a 2005 F150 that was clicking loud. Drivers side guide broken. Gasket blown on tensioner. Got it back together, fired up and it’s still making noise, what now? Clogged oil gallery? Need new slack adjusters?

I just bought a 01 f150 with a 4.6 and my local mechanic says I have a blocked oil passage and it is making my timing chain wear out due to the computer retard my timing and as a result the chain is making a slapping noise. His suggestion is to get a new motor and not mess with the timing chain due to the blocked oil passage. I also seen another video where a guy found a piece of rubber gasket stuck in the oil passage restrictor on the passenger side, so his and your video gives me hope that I don't need to buy a new engine for my truck. Thanks for the great video

Absolutely great video! I appreciate it.

I’ve done hundreds of timing chains on ford 5.4, 4.6 and have never used a cam holding tool in my entire career. Even if the cam were to spring back there’s not enough pressure to damage anything at all.

Very helpfull and informative !! I purchased a cloyes timing set same as the kit you used. Right side guide had busted were bolt holds guide to head and parts were missing not realizing the revised thickness. I spent about two hours searching for bolt. Started researching why my stock bolt didnt fit, maybee i got wrong kit. Thanks to your informative video it proved that im not going crazy !!!! Gettin old is a bitch bro i set parts/tools down getting side tracked , most likely my ADHD. 🤪. Spend time looking for shit when ida been done and running.

Explained very well. Make it look easy. Shopping for parts now.

Awesome video man. I love the 4.6 2v engine

Excellent work as usual 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Thank you man, I was getting ready to start my build And was unsure where the cam gears with the dots.. 11 and 12 and 6 for crank makes this easy never done one before.

Like your attitude and simple instructions. Thanks, JD

What to do when cam rotates and have to put it back at top dead center? Putting the pistons at tdc is easy but the cam shaft is a little more difficult to get the actual tdc

Pushrod motors it's like going to high school it's still going to be a challenge but you can get it done pretty easily and quickly Mod motors are for people who can use their brains a little bit better and the payoff of not having to shim anything or check lash on the rockers is so much easier not having to worry about pushrod length

That's what she said. Killed me. Thanks for vid.

Can someone answer what new valve cover seals he used brand names and what other gaskets used

Hey repair geek. You have a patience of the same he's 4.6 mod motors real junk the valve train components of still 25 to 2700 bucks and you're lucky if you get 300 horsepower out of this motor.. God bless the coyote overall I got to say the repair geek channel good stuff good information good presentation most of all really good camera work.

I watched your video because I need to replace my oil pump and was trying to learn how to do the timing chain. Is much of this will I be able to cut out since I am changing my oil pump only?

Where did you get that cool beeping torques wrench. I have. 3/8 clicking torques wrench but haven’t used it and it’s lowest setting may exceed that required by the 13pound feet. Also thanks for the awesome and simple Video

Not as bad as i thought it would be. Looks easy. I'm going to do it myself instead of taking it to a shop. Thanks for making the video.

What is the best way to re-install if I did not get 1 chain lined up on the cam gear? I am 1 tooth off but have already pulled my pins on the tensioners.

Same for a f150 with 4.6 "Triton" 2v right? I think the only difference is intake manifold..

A man that is so true on people being afraid on the 4.6 timing i am one of them I have been put in it off for almost 13 years on my 97 GT I hat a problem of a spark plug tripping the tread of one of the heads I removed the heads bought new ones and there are still in the original package heads and timing chains and I always tell my self next weekend and that weekend never comes ha ha

Is this the same for a 2008 f150 with the 4.6. Need to replace head gasket

S*** you just showed me how to do my timing set tomorrow thanks

I’m definitely subscribing. Thanks bud ! Awesome illustration 🔥

with the chains off, would the cams move when the holding tools are removed? Would this even matter if replacing cams too?

As I’m thinking this doesn’t look all that hard you start talking about people being scared to mess with them😉 I was that guy 🤣😂😎👍

When I tried using the new white passenger side guide, it touched my chain at the bottom. Had to use a thinner guide

hey man great video - I'm about to do this job for the first time on my 2011 Crown Vic Police Interceptor. I watched a ton of videos and many say once you lock the cams with the cam locking tool to not rotate them again with the chain off, or it could mess up the timing. but then most videos end up rotating them slightly with the tool off, to line up the chain properly? little confused by this

I'm about to replace timing cover due to broken idler boss. Was gonna do chain guides and tensioner not chains. Nervous about all the seals and rtv without leaking. Any tips?

Done a jillion of them, I have the cam holders. Never used the crank thing. 2 1/2 hours on most changes, unless I have to find something, I've miss placed.

Great video

Do you think Metal guides are better than plastic ones and if so why?

Which brand of parts did you go with. Need to do mine soon on my 06’ mercury.

Wish you was here in Memphis I’ve been trying to find somebody to do my time in chain for a while I have a Mercury grand marquis

Great Video - Really Like Spot On Communications & Extra Insight into Little Things to Protect Your Investment . .

Hey I'm replacing head gaskets in a 4.6l 2v v8 97 lincoln town car ss, when I put the crankshaft to tdc and removed timing cover I noticed the cams were totally off the dots where straight down but my engine runs smooth , I forgot to move the cams into the timing position before installing heads, I installed heads and now I went to turn them to them timing position and I can feel valve hitting pistons so I don't force nothing. Do I gotta take the heads back off to turn the cams to they right position? Any info or suggestions please bro

Great video only thing im reccomend is replace oil pump while your in there

good video my brother ,,i got 2004 maruader 112,000 miles on it..eventually im gonna have do my engine it has that rattle sound only when u frist start it up for about few seconds then it goes away..maybe timming chain tensioner latting the chain slap to the oil fill them or hydraullio cylinder in the tensionerare alittle worn

Hi Repair Geek, Thank you for your reply. I did check a cylinder on each side of the 4.6, and both had compression. I believe that would show that the chains are not broken. Originally the timing chains were making a lot of noise. Took my 2000 expedition to a shop, and the guy there said to quit driving, and replace the timing chains... I let the expedition sit for 6 months, then tried starting... First engine turned over normal, then had a different lighter sound while trying to start. I can get the engine to fire intermittently, (kind of bumps around), but won't come close to starting. What do you think I should check now? Thank you for your help, and suport!!!

How can i put my car in TDC if i already took the tensioners and guides off and the camshafts are being held by a special holding tool so they wont spin and the pistons hit the valves on my 2002 mercury grand marquis 4.6 2v v8? Before i took everything apart i had put it to TDC and now the marked links wont wont align right on the marked spots on the sprockets and i made sure i spun the crank till it was a TDC any help please!?

So with the harmonic balancer notch at tdc. Wouldn’t that automatically have crank gear notch at 6 o’clock already

Crank shaft gear is at 6 o'clock is that right. ?

Great video. I purchased the 6477 cam holding tool. It doesn’t say 2003-04 GT, but I’m seeing some say it still worked. Do you know if that’s the part number you used? Thanks again

How do you know when you have top dead center?

great video. I believe the tensioner arm with the little nub goes on the driver's side. probably doesn't really matter, but...

great video mate!! makes it alot less intimidating of a job!!

Nice video, thanks

Great video, I think it will help other people out.

Thank you very much for you help, you save my life, thank you again, have a great day

Those guys that get uptight about the chains should watch vids on the 4.0 (four chains + jackshaft).

would have been nice to see you install the cam holding tool..still greta info thanks .

Nice job. I have a '00 grand marquis with 161k great runner and rides beautiful

Great video, nice and clear.

Nice video, to the point, didn't have to watch your cat or kids. Do you have a list of all the additional parts necessary to complete this task? valve cover gasket, timing cover gasket, front seal, etc....?

I have a 2006 2v 4.6 that has a very faint tick at idle and it speeds up with rpm. The car has been making the same noise since I bought it with 118k on it. Now I’m at 160k and it’s the same but I’m noticing metal in the oil. Do you think it’s a lash adjuster and rocker? Or the timing chain. Again it’s very faint sounds like I’d you tapped a screwdriver on a piece of metal very lightly.

Nice video I would add a few things. first when installing new chains I would have at least pre soaked them in engine oil. I use a ultrasonic cleaner with my chains and oil to make sure oil the chain is properly pre lubed. second when building up oil pressure you just need to turn the key to the on position then hold the gas pedal to the floor then crank the engine over a few times like you mentioned until the oil pressure light goes out then release the gas pedal and the car will start. I do this every time I start my car after a oil change or if it has sat for any length of time.

Have a Crown Vic 4.6 …Instead of using a cam holder or removing followers I used vise grips… hindsight is 2020… that being said when I reinstalled everything my passenger side chains is loose (along the guide)…should it be tight? Because I have read Ford engines rely in oil pressure for timing tension?? Any info helps thanks!

What torque wrench are you using?

Mine is 1997 when I took the old tensioners off there was no gasket .. the new tensioners had no gaskets do you need a gasket ? I already put it all back together have not started yet

Good video! Got ahead of myself plus my first time doing a timing job on my truck. I aligned the tdc in park should i be worried?

How much should/would this cost to have done by a shop? I think I might have timing chain/guide noise. It comes and goes randomly. But I finally got the noise today and was able to pull the belt, which leads me to believe it’s inside the timing section. Not sure if this is something. Should tackle myself or let a shop do it

GOOD VIDEO the milwaukee impact ? 3/8 or 1/4 drive ?

Question for you. Got a 4.6, was running but the rocker arms fall in the valve cover, so the gear on passenger side turn loose, how do I know were to put back the gear? Got new rocker arms and timing kit to install in it. Got the cam remove, scope the cylinder and everything looks ok. Thanks.

Great video ... yup have to replace mine hear metal on metal and like chain rubbing valve cover ..... Thanks for the video

Thank bro i been afraid to do mines on my 02 f150 due to it being a timing chain

I don't like the cast iron tensioners and the only reason is the ratcheting mechanism. It causes the guides to wear through in many cases, since tension can't let up. The newer plastic style has its issues with seal blowing, but they don't chew up the tensioning guides the way the cast iron ones do.

Vice grips on the camshaft work just as well

Should be using a little blue locktight on all the fasteners

Great Video. But, I would pre lube the chains and gears with assembly lube.

I have a 2002 Ford Expedition. Would it be best if I took the intake manifold of of the engine before I replace the timing chain and guides ? There is a lot of wiring and a fuel rail and all kind of sensors under the hood of this vehicle. Thanks

i have no compression on both sides. I didnt know the slack had to be on 1 side. Could this be the reason its not starting ? Or building compression over 30psi

Hello, I have a question regarding 4.6 heads. What do you recommend replacing with? I'm having an issue with a spark plug being stripped out and having to helicoil but it beyond repair. I've seen either iron or aluminum as potential replacements. Thanks

I just bought this gt mustang 4.6 2v 2002 .it looks like someone was going to replace the the timing chains .if the cams or crank was moved. How would I go about putting it back together properly

Thanks awesome video followed as instructed no problem.

I like the 4.6 and im a chevy giy.