All most ready to install an 262 camshaft in my 360.Motor in on an engine stand found compression stroke by putting paper towel in spark plug hole poof it flew out.Lined up the dots cam 12 and crank 12,so if i am right i spin until crank at 12 and cam at 6 slide in the cam to get as close as i can then back to the 12 12 setting than degree.Thoughts.

turn crank till sprocket mark is at 12 0'clock. install new cam with mark at 6 0'clock. if using a crank gear with 3 keyways (VG plan) you would need to move the crank slightly if using an adv (recommended) keyway. then degree it. first find true TDC with the piston stop

Thanks RapidRobert so i am doing it right? the heads are off now.

I would keep the dots at 6/12 & measure off of the lobes on #6 cyl.

OK,so for now i have got just the cam,if they dont send it with the lub,what can i use.

I ain't sure on that but the guys here do know & will advise. with light springs you don't need anything on the lobes for now for the degreeing

It sounds like this is the first time your installing a new cam, is that accurate?
If so you need new lifters and cam lube from the cam manufacturer, use the special cam break in lube sparingly on the lifter bottoms and the top of cam lobes only, not on the cam journals or on the sides of the lifters Use the oil you will run in the motor for the lubing sides of the lifters and cam journals
Do you understand the cam degreeing process? If not take the time now to learn that process and get the tools needed to degree the cam accurately (the first time is the hardest one to learn, just like any other new lesson ) I learned that lesson(always degree the cam, do NOT install it dot to dot ) the hard way the second time I installed a new cam in a Mopar, the first cam I installed when I was 17 yrs old went into a early Olsmobile motor with used lifters and it went flat in 1300 miles ruining that motor
The second cam in another motor was ground 8 degrees retarded It wouldn't run worth a hoot until I learned what was wrong with it, degreeing it and then fixing it(that was a Gen 1 392 Hemi in a flat bottom boat back in 1972) with offset keys on the crankshaft and camshaft
As far as where to install the cam I would install it in so the intake lobe center is between 2 and 6 degrees advanced That will help build more torque and HP at the lower end of the RPM range the motor will normaly run at
One thing to remember and do is to degree the cam off of the lifters, not the valve retainers on the valves. the main reason is the rocker arm ratio will affect the readings at the retainers, not so on the lifters. I normally start with degreeing the cam from the cam card, use the numbers from the .050 instructions and the later you can do the lobe seperation timing off of either the lifters or the valve retainers or both
The cam has the lobes ground on a lobe seperation angle, usually between 104 and 114 from top dead center depending on the cam and intended application. You normally time the cam off of the intake lobe in relation to top dead center, advancing the cam will move the intake lobe center closer to top dead center and retarding it will move it away from TDC
Yours is probally ground on a 106 LSA so I would install it with the intake lobes installed between 104 to 100 degrees from TDC That will make the exhaust lobe be between 108 to 112 from top dead center. I check both lobes after getting the intake lobe timed where I want it to verify that the cam is actually ground on the lobe seperation angle it says on the cam card I have had them ground wrong on the LSA also, bad stuff happens sometimes If you don't check it you won't know that
Good luck, let us know what you find and do please

Well its not my first time putting a bump stick in,you see i had a stroke some 4 years back so my memory is not that great.I do have an engine builder that i used 7 years ago,he is coming to degree it.

I'm glad to here that you are going to have it degreed in, sorry about the bad health If you live long enough you will get old Enjoy today as it will probally never be better as far as our health is concerned I'm 71 and starting to feel my errors from when I was younger when I didn't take real good care of myself

Ya i am only 54 its funny they said you hit 50 and its all down hill,the hell with them,on a side note,can i reuse the woodorf key from my old cam into the new.I just pick it up feeling stok.

no issues on the Woodruff key, tap it down evenly (level) & if it kicks up a mini sliver just use a pointed pick to remove it. EDIT tossing it in the freezer for several hours would likely help

THANKS CAN IT BE TAP in when new cam has been installed.

I use a brass drift or hammer to tap in the woodruff keys on both camshafts and cranshafts, make sure they are even on both the front and back sides I have not done that before trying to install the gears and had to level them out later to get the gears to slide on properly

Anyone know what the key size is for the camshaft.I buggered up the 1 in the old cam