Date:         Mon, 10 Jun 1996 12:11:59 -0500 (CDT)
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From:         "Joseph F. Fournier II" <jfourni@comp.uark.edu>
Subject:      engine problem symptoms

Deiter, in his 'thrown rod' note wrote:

>The noise seems to come from slightly right of center (FIF).  When
>turning the engine over manually, there's quite a bit of resistance on
>the compression stroke of number one, and not a whole lot on any of the
>others.  Number two seems to have the least resistance of any of them.
>These together make me suspect that number two is the one with the bad
>rod.

Well, this makes me wonder...I adjusted valves yesterday (only ~500-600 on
this top-end rebuild ...been working on the body) and they were all
way-out ...like .012 instead of .006. I have all new adjusters, so I
didn't worry too much about that. I also noticed more resistance on some
strokes than others. Is this something to be concerned about? 

Thanks! Joe

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