In article <3660E7CF.685BDF67(at)ix.netcom.com>, you wrote:
> Hello Alpiners:
> Here's an update on my "backfire" through the Strombergs when
>
> ...
>
> All the valves are set a bit looser than the book calls for, which seems
> to be the ticket. My engine has been rebuilt with .60 over pistons and a
> little more agressive cam, so I wonder if this requires a bit wider
> valve gap to function well. In any event, I don't know that it's even
I would wonder too, because I've just done the same to my Series II. I
don't see any reason why it should matter, though. Maybe you should run
a little loose while the engine is breaking in? Maybe you just reached
the 500mi break-in point without realizing it?
> Here's a question relating to this. I'm not sure I'm even adjusting the
> valves correctly. The shop manual says, for example, to adjust one valve
> while the required other valve is "fully open". If you follow this
> exactly, the valve you are adjusting is NOT fully open. To get it fully
> open, I must "tweak" the starter a little, at which point the
> corresponding valve, which is supposed to be fully open, has closed a
I put the car in 4th, and roll it to make the valves move. That way I
can work each valve through a full stroke by hand just by moving the car
a little. I made a little diagram to help me make sense of what I found
was a very confusing description in the Workshop Manual:
http://www.tgx.com/bridge/sunbeam/section/guide_b.htm
( Make sure you have a level floor :)
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