Date:         Fri, 15 Apr 2005 16:33:00 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Valve clearance not at tdc?
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I don't think it matters where the timing is as long as the piston is
at the top of its stroke and both valves are fully off the cam, which
you can determine with a straw in each spark plug hole.

Just pick a cylinder and turn until the top conditions are met, then
adjust, and move on to the next cylinder of your choice. Don't worry
about firing order.

Jim

On Apr 15, 2005, at 4:01 PM, Nate Saylor wrote:

> Well my adjustment cycle is ongoing now.  I clearanced the valves as
> per
> Bob's method.  Once the lifters were pumped up I zerod them.  but the
> odd thing is that when I zero passenger rear (I go by the rotor
> location, coupled with the marks on the pully) and move to the
> passenger
> front (next in line counter clockwise), I get clearance on one of the
> passenger rear valves.  Why is this???  Am I going in the wrong order?
> I'm thinking this is why I have so much noise in my valve train.
>
> -Nate
>