Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 12:53:49 -0400
Reply-To: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
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From: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
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First,
You need to make sure the push rod is properly seated in the lifter.
They sometimes will sit on the edge. For cylinders 2 and 4, there is no
mark on the pulley for TDC unless you added one, which should be
opposite (180 degrees) from the TDC mark for cylinder 1 and 3. At TDC,
Loosen the adjusters, turn in until contact, and then tighten 1-2 turns.
The really good lifters will push the valve open slightly. After
adjusting the valves, wait an hour or so before starting the engine so
they can bleed back down and let the valves close.
Dennis
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OK folks who have done their own valves please advise me.
What am I doing wrong?
I just put a new head gasket on, and am trying to get the valves in the
ballpark.
Reading like crazy in the archives and elsewhere.
PROBLEM 1: Rockers seem tight on the valve springs on the exhaust valve
adjustment screw
I only need to do #1 and #2 because I only replaced the gasket on the
right side head.
I turn the motor clockwise till the distributor points at the notch, and
the mark on the pulley is in line with the seam in the crankcase.
Thats TDC for #1 right?
THEN: I get under there to attempt to turn out the screws, then set the
gaps for .006 per Bob Donalds method.
Problem is, while trying to back the screw out, I have to loosen the
exhaust valve adjustment screw ALL THE WAY, and even then, it seems that
the rocker arm is still pushed up against the valve spring. I cant rock
the rocker with my hands, even when the screw is slack.
PROBLEM #2 Am I doing this right at all?
So, I set the #1 intake to .006, and the exhaust one is pinned.
Screw it, lets see whats going on on #2.
Then I turn the engine counterclockwise so that the distributor rotor
goes 90 degrees, and I line the mark on the pulley back up with the seam
in the case.
Thats TDC for #2 right?
Same deal here: Intake can be backed out to the point where the screw is
slack, and the rocker moves back and forth, therefore I can adjust it
to .006, but the exhaust is same as above. Even with screw backed out
all the way, the rocker arm does not move when pushed with my hands.
Is the mark om my pulley wrong or something?
Thanks for any wisdom.
Jason L
85GL Kentucky
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