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<x-charset ISO-8859-1>on 3/3/02 5:24 AM, jadabrez at surveysaysmicah@yahoo.com wrote: > ok, im confused. i adjusted the valves on cylinders 1 > and 2 fine, but the valve springs on exaust valves 3 > and 4 extend passed the tip of the rocker arm(just > barely) making it impossible to use the feeler gauge > to check clearance. i checked the mark on the > crankshaft pulley at least 10 times to make sure it > was at TDC. > Are you setting the marks to TDC for the #1 valves, and then turning the engine 180° COUNTERCLOCKWISE to the center of the three-tooth bridge for #2? Are you positive you're turning the engine in the right direction for the cylinder you're setting? Whenever I had this problem, it was because I was trying to set the wrong valve for where the engine was. It only takes once (or in my case, twice) to learn this lesson. -- Mike Wodkowski 72 FI SQBK Brooklyn wodkowski@mac.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org </x-charset>