[T3] valve adjusting trick (as copied from the 914 list)

["Ned glenn" <ned_glenn@hotmail.com>]

I haven't tryed this yet, but seeing that my back usually hurts after 
adjusting my t3 valves, i'll try this method next time.
Ned



"Ok, How many of you want to hear how to set the valves without having to
know where TDC is? One more time! Remove the valve covers. If the engine
is in the car, hook up a remote starter button, a small investment which
will pay for itself the first time you use it. If it's out of the car,
use a wrench. Rotate the engine until one exhaust valve at the flywheel
end is fully open. Are we clear so far? Adjust the exhaust valve
directly across the engine from the open one. You'll notice that there
is an open intake valve on the same side as the open exhaust valve, but
on the neighboring cylinder. Adjust the intake valve straight across
from it too. Turn the motor over until another valve opens. Adjust the
opposite valve. At this point, there is also another valve on the other
side of the engine that is open, adjust the valve directly across from
it. Turn the motor over again and the exhaust valve you adjusted in the
first step is wide open, as is the intake valve on the adjacent
cylinder.  You got it, adjust the 2 valves across the motor from these
2. Step 4 takes care of the last 2 valves, one on each side. You do NOT
have to know where TDC is, or even have the distributor installed, to do
this. It's accurate, used by many experts, and works on all kinds of
cars if you know the firing order. I learned it on MGs, and it works on
911s as well. No more climbing up and down, no more worrying what
cylinder you're on, and no more mistakes. Newbies might want to do'em
one at a time the first time, and it might be good to practice the
required light touch on the remote starter button a few times. BTW, one
wire goes to the large post on the outer edge of the solenoid, and the
other to the trigger connector where the yellow wire goes. You can
actually do this with a short screwdriver, but you can't watch the
valves and jump the contacts at the same time. Put the valve covers back
on. Your toolwench will point at you and laugh, and rightly so, if you
run the car without the valve covers. Hey, if Mike can do this, so can
you. Of course, the lesson I gave him was in much less detail than this
one. Nobody gets to have valve adjusting problems again until next 
year!John"
Subject: Re: problem finding TDCFrom: John Larson <jdlarson@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 22:21:12 -0800X-Message-Number: 7
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