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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: North Carolina
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FOLLOW UP:
Finished the valve adjustment -- noise is gone; so for future reference what you're hearing in my initial clip is a valve that's too loose. Changed rotor, cap, spark plugs (had to adjust the gap on one.) Also discovered slack in my throttle linkage, adjusted it -- car feels great now. Bought a compression gauge but with all the talk of proper torque w/new vs. old washers and stripping the threads and carbon getting into the cylinder, etc. figure I best leave that to a professional. I've been meaning to have someone give it a once over anyway. Thanks for the recommendations on that mechanic's stethoscope -- excellent tool. Heard a slight couple ticks after my first pass, the stethoscope told me exactly which valves I'd left too loose. And thanks to everyone who commented. Random questions/observations: How the heck do you guys fit a torque wrench on that #6 spark plug? Loctite those feeler gauge nuts! Searching for the lost nut (eventually found) was not pleasant.
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