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Subject:Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
From:Allan Streib
Date:Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:39:51 -0400

Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> writes:

> I adjust the valves with the rotor pointing to that cyclinder.
> conveniently, if you turn the engine backswards it's 1, 2, 3. 4
>
> I thought it was 1.5 turns after contact.

I guess that's one advantage of a car with a gear-driven (not belt or
chain) camshaft -- you can turn the motor backwards??

It's absolutely verboten on a Mercedes engine, for example.

Allan
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1991 Vanagon GL