I'd suggest pulling the heads & having them worked on while the Van is Hibernating ~
On 7 Dec , 2018, at 8:32 AM, Mark Pinnell wrote: > Hi all, > I have completed all of the electrical and fuel diagnostics as per Bentley > and advice from this source and everything checks out OK. > Zip tied the broken Hall sender unit to the distributor and it seems solid > (new unit is in transit). > Did a compression test today and have the two cylinders at the rear within > accepted range (127 and 140), but cannot get anything on the front two > cylinders (both read zero). I am guessing that I have found my 'issue'. > Pulled the head cover on the passenger side and found one valve 'out of > sorts'. Attached a photo but wouldn't load. Basically, one spring is pushed > out and appears to be worn down between the adjuster and the valve. > Adjuster and spring seem OK. Can forward photo to individual email > addresses if that helps. > Any thoughts/guidance would, once again, be appreciated. I am pretty much > pushing my mechanical envelope at this point, but I will continue to read > online and try what the group suggests. Baring that, it goes to a > professional mechanic in the spring. She goes into storage today. > Thanks in advance, > Mark |
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