Date:         Thu, 5 Sep 2002 17:55:57 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: New owner of 91 Westy -- sticky valve
Comments: To: ingalls_mark@HOTMAIL.COM
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Also what is the purpose of running the engine for a minute with the
valve
covers off before you do the adjusting? Is it to pump up the lifters?
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Give stuck lifters a chance to start using their internal spring again.

Stan

On Thu, 5 Sep 2002 16:54:19 -0500 Mark Ingalls <ingalls_mark@HOTMAIL.COM>
writes:
> On Stans web site he has in the valve adjusting procedure a step
> about
> removing #1 spark plug and inserting a piece of wire in order to
> determine
> TDC.
>
> I am inclined to just pop off both valve covers, pop off the
> distributor
> cap, note which cylinder the rotor tip is close to pointing to, then
> turning
> the engine until that cylinder is at TDC by using the mark on the
> pulley or
> 180 degrees opposite, whichever applies. That is how I do my type
> 1.
>
> Then you can watch the valves open and close as you rotate the
> engine to do
> the other valves, to double check that the valves are opening and
> closing
> when they are supposed to.
>
> Also what is the purpose of running the engine for a minute with the
> valve
> covers off before you do the adjusting? Is it to pump up the
> lifters?
>
> Sincerely,
> Mark I
>
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