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1. Turning engine (score: 1): Author: "Editors, Molecular Vision" <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 09:56:54 -0400; Hello list, I adjusted the valves on my 65 Sprite with the 1275 last night. I could not figure out an easy way of turning the engine other than short bursts of the starter. The crank pulley seemd to; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00384.html (7,956 bytes)
2. Re: Turning engine (score: 1): Author: drded@ix.netcom.com (David Deutsch); Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 09:21:19 -0500 (CDT); Two suggestions: 1 - If you have a helper chock on rear wheel and jack up other , place the car in 4th gear and have helper turn raised wheel while you observe valves reaching desired position. 2 - N; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00389.html (8,558 bytes)
3. Re: Turning engine (score: 1): Author: "David F.Darby" <darby@tri-lakes.net>; Date: Mon, 07 Jul 97 10:29:27 PDT; Hello John, David, et al.: I pull the plugs, select top gear, and jack up the right rear. Put a piece of white tape on top of the valve rocker to adjust. Tape, rubber band, or otherwise affix a hand; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00405.html (9,419 bytes)
4. Re: Turning engine (score: 1): Author: Mark Endicott <endicott@bellsouth.net>; Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 12:46:06 -0700; Just put the car in 4th gear and roll it until you get the valves where you want them, it helps to remove the spark plugs. Good luck Mark 70 Midget Nashville; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00422.html (8,408 bytes)
5. RE: Turning engine (score: 1): Author: Randy Rees <randyr@starwave.com>; Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 13:12:31 -0700; move the car back and forth (with the ignition off and spark plucks removed) in high gear and that will turn the engine.; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00428.html (8,517 bytes)
6. Re: Turning engine (score: 1): Author: MGSMGBGT@aol.com; Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 16:35:00 -0400 (EDT); I put my MGs in second gear and push them by leaning on them with my thigh. Works pretty well. Bob Shaw; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00434.html (7,238 bytes)
7. Re: Turning engine (score: 1): Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>; Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 17:39:16 -0400; The books say you can put the car in gear and roll it slowly forward to turn the engine, but this probably only works easily with all the sparkplugs out. I haven't had too much success with it. I don; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00444.html (7,778 bytes)
8. Re: Turning engine (score: 1): Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>; Date: 07 Jul 1997 17:33:03 -0500; I am puzzled by all of this discussion of how to turn the engine. It's British, use the hand-crank (the one that the muscle-car yobs laugh at....) A. B. Bonds; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00453.html (7,852 bytes)
9. Re: Turning engine (score: 1): Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison); Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 20:50:47 EDT; Jeff, Put the car in 4th, remove all spark plugs, then, simply push/pull the car to bring the valves to the proper postion for adjusting. You'll find that by using the "rule of 9's" (see Haynes manua; /html/mgs/1997-07/msg00471.html (8,018 bytes)

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