Cam bearing orientation

[matt souders]

Started putting together my short block but having questions now of the way I installed the cam bearings. Number 1 is obvious.  But 2-5,I put at 3 o'clock as per Barry's book. ( he said 2-4 are normally installed at 3 o'clock because of the oil groves in the block) Mine has an oil groove in the 5'th Bering journal also so I installed it at o'clock also. Is this right?

[Ranch]

Three o'clock seems to be the most logical
Here's some info I found awhile back

http://www.engineprofessional.com/downloads/ep1/EP012008_49-52.pdf

Scroll down to TB 1996

[matt souders]

Thanks for the reply and the link. If there's no objections to this positioning I'm going to proceed. But also in Barry's book he mentioned about checking camshaft endplay, but never gives a tolerance or corrective action. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

[machoneman]

It's a minimum of .005. Down the page a ways........

http://diyford.com/camshaft-lifters-guide-ford-fe-engines/

[matt souders]

Thanks the link was very helpful.

[Ranch]

.005 is a good number, here is the tolerance  .002-.007 on cam thrust