started donor motor teardown harvesting all the p7100 swap bits i needed. the engine is actually super clean inside, and all the tamperproof screws were untouched on the pump. time to change that! nice to know it's not been screwed with though.
as i was taking it apart, i noticed the KDP was sticking WAY out. then shortly later as i pulled the timing case off the engine the pin just fell out and hit the floor. talk about good timing! this engine was living on borrowed time. i wish i had tried to pull it out by hand first, bet it would have come right out.
to pull the cam, i put a 3mm ziptie on all the tappets to hold em up. was able to scoot the ziptie down to hold them all tight up and worked really well. i actually left them all on there since the cam has to come out again no matter what happens with this engine later.
