thorsland@bigvax.alfred.edu writes: >PS On valve adjustments: The Bently manual says to turn the engine 90 degrees >counter-clockwise after adjusting the 1st cylinder to get the 2nd cylinder at >TDC. My Idiot Book, How to rebuild you aircool VW book, and my Claymer? Book >all say to turn the engine 180 degress counter clockwise. The 180 degress >makes more sense to me. Is Bently a missprint or am I reading something >wrong? > I think the idea is to turn the distributor rotor 90 degrees, which would be the same as turning the crankshaft 180. Whichever is easier for you to see or work with. And either way, the exact amount isn't critical so you don't have to spend a lot of time or use special instruments. You just want the lifter to be on the circular part of the lobe, which is a good sized portion of the lobe. I use the rotor method myself, 'cause that way there's no mistaking which cylinder is in the firing position. (Just follow the wire the rotor is pointing to.) Pat Walsh, '71 Westy, walshp@camry.nawc-ad-indy.navy.mil
|
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.