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RE: [T3] RE: Just reinstalled engine questions


<x-charset iso-8859-1>>-> This was lined up only for cyl #1 only right?  You rotated the engine
>before doing the next cylinder right?
>D e r e k  F l e n n i k e n

Sorry, Yes!  I lined that up for No. 1, then went 180°CW and did 2, 180°CW
and 3, etc.  I will go back and double check later, but just wondered if
this sounded familiar and might have been something stupid I did that rung a
bell.


--> Sounds good.  I can never remember which way you turn the engine (and I
suppose you could go either way), I always double-check that the dizzy rotor
is pointing to the spark plug wire for the cylinder I'm about to adjust and
then that the fan wheel is at 0 or at 180.  Did you set the gap to .006 or
.004?  I have 3 manuals and I remember that one said to use .004 (can't
recall which one), but the proper gap is .006.  I always double-check the
gap after I lock it down with the nut.  Sometimes tightening that nut causes
the valve to adjust (or mis-adjust).  Just a little game you get to play
with your valves. ;-)

D e r e k  F l e n n i k e n
1971 Squareback
San Francisco, CA
derek@enth.net



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