Adjusting valves

[rwest]

Hi,

I'm doing some tune up work on my 77s. I've adjusted valves many times before, but having just read Waynes book, my old method of turning the crank a bit then checking for cam lobes and then keeping track of which ones i adj. on a crude diagram. I thought I would do it smart and just turn things 120 and do each valve set. But when I got to cyl. 2, the valve was open! So what am I doing wrong, was the notch on the distributor not the right one or was I 360 off on it? Just wondering, as my old method works but involves a lot of up and down!

[Zeke]

At 120, you have to go to the correct cylinder, not no 2.

[rwest]

I thought I had, I did 1 at TDC, turned the dist 120, did 6, turned it 120 again and went to do 2 and found the valve open!

[don gilbert]

if you look at your crank pully, its divided into 3's with marks, if you clean your pully good and highlight the marks with white-out it makes things easier and faster.

[rwest]

Well, that explains it! I was using the DIST. for my 120 reference. I will try again the right way and use the crank! Thanks.

[rwest]

Don,

Thanks for the "kick to the head" for some reason my brain was telling me to watch the rotor not the crank pulley! sure enough I double checked the section in the book and it said pulley also. I just tried again and found the marks on the pulley and got the valves adjusted the easy way. I never like to rule out my own stupidity as a possible cause of a problem!

Rutager

[don gilbert]

happens to me all the time, aint lernin fun?