Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 16:49:37 -0700
Reply-To: Blake Thornton <thornton@MATH.UTAH.EDU>
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From: Blake Thornton <thornton@MATH.UTAH.EDU>
Subject: Head are done, rough idle
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Description of some of the work I did (rough idle question at the bottom):
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Well, I finished putting on my head this morning and got it all wrapped
up. Overall, I would say I am very pleased with the way it all come
together. Mostly it was easier then I had thought it would be and I am
happy I did it - until it starts leaking again next week :)
I wrote up some of what I did and posted it. It not too complete, but it
does have information on the amount of time I spent -- something I would
have like to have known before I started. If you are interested, you can
find this at:
http://www.math.utah.edu/~thornton/vanagon/my-heads.shtml
As for specifics, I had trouble following the directions for adjusting the
lifters. I wasn't sure to turn the adjuting screws two full turns or one
half a turn like some in the archives suggested. So, I took some liberty
and turned them about a half a turn after they started getting tight.
This made it between a half a turn to almost two turns for each adjusting
screw. I hope I didn't screw it up by doing this. Any ideas????
The engine started right up and I put the coolant in as everyone suggests.
I hadn't done this before (I'm lazy I guess) and I found this to be a
miserable job. I slopped I ton of coolant on the ground and make a smoke
screen as the coolant spilled on the exhaust pipes, but I think I got it
done alright. The temperature level was ok when I drove it around.
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Now for my problem:
It runs great, but the idle is quite rough. Could this be because I
adjusted the lifters poorly? This is the only part of the job that I was
not too confident in my work. How can I tell if this is the problem?
Any other ideas? I suppose I'll do an archives search for rough idle, but
can anyone think of something I could have disturbed when putting my heads
back on.
Thanks in advance.
Blake
84 Westy
SLC Utah
