On this subject,
has anyone tried those click something or other valve adjuster tools?
CTP
At 5:59 PM -0800 1/13/98, Skye Poier wrote:
>The other day I thought I'd give adjusting the valves a whirl on my
>girlfriend's car, the Haynes manual gives instructions more or less
>as follows:
>
>Turn the crankshaft ccw until #1 is at TDC and the cam lobe isn't in
>contact with the rocker arm. Measure tappet to valve stem clearance and
>adjust as necessary. Rotate the crankshaft ccw 180 degrees and adjust
>#4, 180 degrees again and adjust #3, 180 degrees again and #2. I'm doing
>this from memory but I think thats right.
>
>Anyway, my simple question, I don't have a timing wheel for exact 180 degree
>turns, does it matter if the cylinder is exactly at TDC when I adjust? It
>doesn't seem to me that it would matter as long as the cam lobe isn't in
>cotact with the rocker arm, unless I'm missing something (which is entirely
>possible).
>
>Oh yeah, and its a front wheel drive so the engine is mounted.. whats
>the word.. transverse? I think the front valves are intake and the back
>ones are exhaust. I'll have to figure that one out though.
>
>Cheers,
>Skye
>
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