Jon,
This needs to go on the FAQ page that you were putting together...
Hop...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Parthemer" <srp@home.com>
> Oh yeah.. once you get TDC on cyl #1, to find the next TDC, you need to
only
> rotate the engine 45 degrees (you'll see a smaller timing mark on the
> harmonic balancer)...as that approaches, check the next cyl in the firing
> order (#8) which will close exhaust port.. once the timing marks align you
> are at TDC on cyl #8.. tighten, then turn engine another 45 degrees
(there's
> another timing mark) you'll be on cyl #4 TDC, tighten, rotate again 45
> degrees (you guessed it, another small mark) you'll be on #3, continue #6,
> #5, #7, and #2. Once you do the first 2 you'll see how easy it is.
>
> Because you may have collapsed a few of the lifters, you'll probably need
to
> do this twice unfortunately. Have it so that the pushrod has just a
little
> friction when you go to spin them-- take up the slack for the up/down,
then
> try to spin the push rods between your fingers like a pencil-- get a
little
> resistance, tighten down 1/2 turn and lock 'em down.. Once you do all of
> them, you may find that the tapping sound doesn't go away quite as easily.
> If it doesn't subside, remove both covers, back off all the rockers, and
try
> it one more time (by now the lifters have pumped up, and you can do the
> install as if fresh from the start-- it will work 100% of the time from
this
> condition).
>
> If you have any questions, call me (619) 723-8679.
>
> Sam
>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:01:47 EDT