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Message: <blockquote data-quote="88stang88" data-source="post: 1484890" data-attributes="member: 17115">Over the weekend I decided to get back into the garage and put the Heads back onto the block (this has taken me forever to do due to kids and sports) and thought everything was going smooth. I took them out of the bags from having them freshened up at the Machine Shop. They came back fully assembled, placed them on the block and noticed a few things.1st thing is it appears the timing marks on my Secondary Timing Gears are off and not lined up.Started looking at what all tools I would need to remove the Secondary Gears and double check things and I stumbled into another issue.It appears that my drivers side intake cam girdle is cracked. It looks cracked on one of the bracing pieces and not on the main journal that holds the cam down. I will take a picture tonight when I get home.Anyone have experience with one cracking? Fixes or solutions?First thought was just have it tig welded and try to get it as close to smooth as can be. I have read that these are machined specific to the heads and from what I have found you cannot just buy new ones.</blockquote>