Me too brother, and the beach will be great, fishing, grilling, and hopefully not turning wrenches for a weekend, sounds good anyway. Thanks

Well, I pu the truck back together, and went for a test drive, guess what, P0021, cam over advanced bank 2, still. I had to drive it to church Sunday, on the way back pulled into Wal-mart, as I was turning into a parking spot I noticed the truck was missing, so I put in park and rev'd the motor...

Just pulled the timing cover, rolled the motor over 38 times by hand till the marks came up right, both of the single marked links came up correct on the crank, and both of the double marked links came up on the cams. I counted the links back to the marks at first and they came up right, but to...

Well, I really don't think its out of time but, I'll pull the cover to verify, now, should the timing be right, what then? I really do appreciate ya'll helping, thanks!

Thanks, but say I do pull the cover to check the timing, how will I know if the timing is off or not? The timing chain has an odd number links, therefore every revolution the timing links come up in a different spot. As it is now, I can pull the driverside valve cover, roll the motor over till...

I'm curious, if the computer knows the cam is over advanced, why doesn't it just retard it, seems logical to me.

Yes the valve body was changed, I opened it up the other day to make sure the screen wasn't fouled, looked great. As for the timing, it's right, I am sure of that. The truck runs great, just not perfect.

Not sure it matters, but the fuel system is running open loop at highway speeds, thought it should be closed at this time?

Well, after changing the coil with a new one the truck still idled poorly, drove it for a while and the code returned, so if one tooth of retard didn't do it maybe 2 would, it didn't, truck ran like crap, very poor idle, one bank lean the other rich and then a P0022 code, over retarded. I pulled...

Thanks Blacksnapon, I'm a half ***** mechanic at best, what you posted probably means alot, but most was greek to me. There was a lot of debris in the oil before rebuild, the engine was cleaned, and a new Motorcraft oil filter was installed, and changed and changed again. I have chaged the VCT...

Thanks again for the welcome, I really need some help, I'm working on an 2005 f150 5.4 3V, long story short, I've replaced the crank and bearings, timing chains and tentioners, cam plasers, guides, VCT solenoids, cps's, IMRC actuator. It's my son truck, and I won't have to remind him again about...

My name is Sam, live in Kountze Tx USA. I'm married to my childhood sweetheart, 2 kids, one is 21yrs old, married, serving in the Marine Corp and has 2 girls of his own, my youngest is 17, and still in school. I've been a Ford fanatic all my life, but I currently have a 05 f150 5.4 3v that is...