I don't remember where I learned that terminology, but it is certainly more evocative of imagry than intake, compression, power, exhaust. -- Million Monkey Software - Our code sucks, but you should s
Having never "done" valves before, how difficult is this? I suppose the valves should be checked on my car, having 21 years in its life and 78,000 miles on its odometer. Any special tools required? -
Author: "Charles D. Sorkin" <cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 08:44:02 -0400
valves >should be checked on my car, having 21 years in its life and 78,000 miles on its >odometer. Any special tools required? Hi Keith, What you are checking is the clearance between the top of the
Adding to what Charles has already said they can be set hot to .013in or cold to .015in. Personally I use cold because the temperature isn't going to alter while you are adjusting them unlike hot, an
If you want to adjust the valves, it's interesting and sort of fun. Order a new rocker cover gasket and the rubber sealing rings for the rocker cover nuts first. Remove sparkplugs. Using the "rule o
<SNIP> I've noticed the same on my "B". I guess it's not a stock cam. Is it best then to adjust the valves to .015 at the point where clearance is largest? jon == This is my list only e-mail address
That's what I've done, it should be OK if the point of largest clearance is only a few degrees of rotation away from the exact 'rule of nine' point. PaulH.
I hope that I'm not repeating an old tired thread, but I've got a question for the wisdom of the list: In addition to "the rule of 9" I've also seen valves adjusted by turning the crank until both va
<< (TDC between blow and suck) and adjusting the valves on the complementary cylinder (TDC between squeeze and bang) >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I never thought of the 4 stroke cycle as "suck, s
Yeah, the point you need to measure is the largest gap -- the "rule" is just to help you find that point -- it has no intrinsic merit. paul.hunt1@virgin.net had this to say: -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L
Umm, I don't see the practical difference, but maybe I don't understand what people are calling the "rule of 9". But I wouldn't be too sure that the intake and exhaust lobes are totally symmetrical,