Subject: Re: Valve Adjust Question
Author: Patrick Hayes
Date: Jul 27, 2002, 9:36 AM
Post ID: 1710681953
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In a message dated 7/27/2002 4:50:15 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
klru-@fcc.net writes:
| I did this and when the piston was at it's highest point (closest to the spark plus) the rocker arms would shift from one coming down to the other coming up, but would require me to tweak the stroke a bit to get the gap to open up so I could check and adjust the gap. |
Sorry, this is the WRONG point of the stroke. There are two TDC's for every
complete combustion cycle. You need to find the other TDC to adjust your
valves. Turn the engine another full 360 degrees and you'll have the
correct COMPRESSION stroke TDC.
Patrick
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 7/27/2002 4:50:15 AM Pacific Daylight Time, klru-@fcc.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I did this and when the piston was at it's highest point (closest to the <BR>
spark plus) the rocker arms would shift from one coming down to the <BR>
other coming up, but would require me to tweak the stroke a bit to get <BR>
the gap to open up so I could check and adjust the gap. </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Sorry, this is the WRONG point of the stroke. There are two TDC's for every complete combustion cycle. You need to find the other TDC to adjust your valves. Turn the engine another full 360 degrees and you'll have the correct COMPRESSION stroke TDC.<BR>
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Patrick</FONT>
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