Subject: Re: Idle Speed, now valve spacing

Yes, Its a 10mm hex socket head, and if it hasn't been
undone in a bit, it may be so filthy you can't see it.
Its a ways down there, so what some of us have done is
cut off the "long" end of a 10mm allen wrench and square
it off on your grinder on both ends. Then you can chuck
one end into a socket, and the other into the bolt.

-tom

On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 13:59:54 +0000
AJ Huff <ajh-@earthlink.net> wrote:

Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor:
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Erase wrinkles without painful injections with Nexiderm
SP.
Nexiderm SP is clinically proven to reduce wrinkles by
68% Click
here to get your 30-day free supply.
http://click.topica.com/caadAclb1dfltbOluDFa/Nexiderm
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Got it.

Left side is finished. Wife wants breakfast, so moment
of truth in about
an hour and a half.

The manual says 6 head bolts, but I only find 5. 2 under
the rockers, 2
below the rockers, 1 under the spark plug. I checked
under that aluminum
cap at 12 o'clock, but there is no bolt under there.
Should there be?

Thanks,

-AJ

Robert Hawkes wrote:

AJ, no need to torque the valve adjuster nut. Just
hold the tappet
screw
with a needle nose plier and tighten the valve adjuster
nut with an open
end
wrench. You only need to torque the head nuts. Catch
my drift? Bob
Hawkes

-----Original Message-----
From: AJ Huff [mailto:ajh-@earthlink.net]
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 5:54 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: RE: Idle Speed, now valve spacing

Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor:
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Erase wrinkles without Botox! Nexiderm SP is clinically
proven to
reduce wrinkles by 68% Click here to get your 30-day
free supply.
http://click.topica.com/caadAckb1dfltb7ukc8a/Nexiderm
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Have the right side done I think. Boy 0.15mm seems tight
to me. I don't
have a tappet wrench so I held them with a small pair of
vice grips
while I tightened the nut. Beyond me how you can use a
torque wrench and

keep the tappet screw from turning at the same time.

Off to do the left side.

Thanks to everyone so far,

-AJ

Cam Conklin wrote:

Wow, that made a difference. THANKS! I measured
0.28mm intake and
0.30mm

exhaust. So that sounds like too loose rather than
too tight, on this
side at least.

Just follow those tappet adjustment instructions
to tighten up?

Thanks,

-AJ

AJ, Once you get the valves set prior to tightening,
make sure you hold
the adjuster pin in the same exact position when you
tighten down the
nut. They tend to move when you tighten, and it will
throw off your
valve clearances. Recheck it to make sure, if it
changes loosten the nut

and try again. As I recall, re-tourque the heads
(BEFORE valves
adjusted) to about 25-30 ft.lbs. Including the hex nut
below the cap on
top (12 O'clock). You need to remove the rocker arms
to get to that one.

Cam in NJ
'74 Eldo Police

AJ Huff
'71 Ambassador
Three Rivers, MI
MGNOC# 19917

Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor:
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Get a Free T-Mobile Sidekick II plus $500 towards
service!
Click here.
http://click.topica.com/caadAcqb1dfltb7ukc8f/ProductTestPanel
-------------------------------------------------------------------

AJ Huff
'71 Ambassador
Three Rivers, MI
MGNOC# 19917

Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor:
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Get a Free Sirius Satellite Package, don't pass on this!
http://click.topica.com/caadAcob1dfltbOluDFf/ProductTestPanel
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Subject: Re: Idle Speed, now valve spacing

Author: Tom Christian

Date: Jun 4, 2005, 7:09 AM

Post ID: 1718972616

Entire thread: