howdy, having just replaced my push rod tubes seals on my 2l Aircooled cu engine i now have to adjust the tappets
my questions are:
how do i k now which cylinder is which?
and also , my timing scale is missing! is it ok if i just use the notch in the dissy body as a guide?
thanks
Aircooled tappet adjustment
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Re: Aircooled tappet adjustment
campercrazy1 wrote:howdy, having just replaced my push rod tubes seals on my 2l Aircooled cu engine i now have to adjust the tappets
my questions are:
how do i k now which cylinder is which?it's written on the tinware in the engine bay
and also , my timing scale is missing! is it ok if i just use the notch in the dissy body as a guide? should be ok without the timing scale as its the valves you're dealing with and they're closed for a long time on the compression stroke.
thanks
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Re: Aircooled tappet adjustment
I ended up taking out a plug and turning the engine till i felt the piston hit the long riptie i was holding in the hole!
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Re: Aircooled tappet adjustment
Put a cork in it would ya
I mean a wine cork in no1 cylinder, front right, it will pop on the compression stroke
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I mean a wine cork in no1 cylinder, front right, it will pop on the compression stroke
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Re: Aircooled tappet adjustment
thanks guys, al sorted ow, although still leaking a bit- seems to be comng from iinside the heat exhangers? is this possible?!
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Re: Aircooled tappet adjustment
I thought that on my bus for a while, turned out to be dripping from a push rod seal on to the top of the heat exchanger
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