 1.8 valve adjustment, does any one know a good way to adjust the valves on a 1.8 |
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| mt 914 |
 Aug 17 2008, 01:24 AM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 17-August 08 From: montana Member No.: 9,429 Region Association: None  |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) does anyone know a good way to adjust the valves on a 1.8L.
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| Hammy |
Aug 17 2008, 03:52 AM
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mr. Wonderful Group: Members Posts: 1,826 Joined: 20-October 04 From: Columbia, California Member No.: 2,978 Region Association: Northern California |
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| type47 |
Aug 17 2008, 06:33 AM
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Viermeister Group: Members Posts: 4,254 Joined: 7-August 03 From: Vienna, VA Member No.: 994 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/9...alve_adjust.htm
another option heh,... the fellow above missed: (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png) |
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| Cevan |
Aug 17 2008, 07:28 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,079 Joined: 11-December 06 From: Western Massachusetts Member No.: 7,351 |
I did it this way and it seems to involve the least amount of turning the motor. Someone here had posted this process. All it requires is making a mark 180 degrees from the TDC mark on the flywheel. There is a small opening on the bottom of the tranny so you can make this mark. This way, you can rotate the motor from underneath the car to get TDC for #1 and #3.
Now the process: 1. At TDC for #1, you adjust both #1 valves, intake for #2 and exhaust for #4. I use the dizzy rotor orientation to confirm I'm at TDC for #1 (as opposed to #3). 2. Then rotate the motor 360 and adjust the remaining 4 valves. Done. |
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| KELTY360 |
Aug 17 2008, 10:40 AM
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914 Neferati Group: Members Posts: 5,031 Joined: 31-December 05 From: Pt. Townsend, WA Member No.: 5,344 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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The SEARCH is your friend. Find it, use it; live long and prosper. BTW, where are you in MT? I'm heading to the Little Bighorn from Seattle in mid-September. |
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| Katmanken |
Aug 17 2008, 10:50 AM
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You haven't seen me if anybody asks... Group: Members Posts: 4,738 Joined: 14-June 03 From: USA Member No.: 819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Being the least amount of work isn't always the best way.
I spin that engine as much as it needs to adjust each valve at a time when the opposite valve is on the high point of the cam. Then again I have been known to get 250,000 miles out of an aircooled engine without ever doing anything other than adjusting the valves and changing the oil. And Crusty and I have been doing it that way for about 40 years. Ken |
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