Author Topic: valve adjust (Read 3896 times)

snofrog · « **on:** June 02, 2005, 10:56:30 PM »

well i`m going to dig in and adjust my valves . i`ve got the manual but does anyone have any advise ... not covered in the manual of thing`s to watch out for . thank`s, Mark

ray nielsen · « **Reply #1 on:** June 02, 2005, 11:16:19 PM »

Yup! Be sure to make sure ALL of the rubber gaskets are in place and attached to the cylinder head cover before reassembling. I used some High-Tack an adhesive, quick drying gasket cement to secure the four gaskets that fit around the spark plug openings. Did that after one fell off and down the camchain tunnel. Luckily I did a peek under the cover before tightening and discovered the missing gasket before putting it all together.

It was a bitch to fish the gasket out from the camchain area -- did it with a claw type grabber, a small mirror and after much swearing and hair pulling, and help from a neighbor with better eyesight.

terrebandit · « **Reply #2 on:** June 03, 2005, 01:10:04 AM »

When removing the VC... mke sure these don't fall down into the engine. There are two of them (one in front and one in back).

snofrog · « **Reply #3 on:** July 07, 2005, 08:41:17 PM »

fwiw everything went well except for the above mentioned gaskets around the sparkplugs .i tore it when part was stuck to the head and part to the vc . over all it was a lot easyer than i thought it would be and i got to do a carb sync at the same time .

for the input guy`s. M

land_shark · « **Reply #4 on:** July 08, 2005, 06:19:20 PM »

Torque wrench....can I git uh "AMEN!"

B6Matt · « **Reply #5 on:** July 10, 2005, 02:55:59 PM »

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When removing the VC... mke sure these don't fall down into the engine. There are two of them (one in front and one in back).

My mechanic dropped something (nut or bolt) down one of the oil galleys when he was adjusting my valves. He ended up having to drop the pan.