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Subject:Re: Valves adjustment in Bentley
From:John C...
Date:Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:39:56 -0600

Would that be:
And, on the Compression Stroke?
JC...

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 3:26 PM, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote:

> You just want to make sure the followers are riding on the base circle of
> the cam.
> A failsafe way would be to pull the plugs and make sure the piston is at
> TDC
> for the cylinder you a playing with.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Jim Cochran
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 4:42 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Valves adjustment in Bentley
>
> Valve adjusting order, Bentley is vague. Page 15.29
> says "rotate crankshaft 180� clockwise and adjust next cylinder."
>
> My Volksheimers is kicking in again.
> By next cylinder, do they mean next, as in 1-2-3-4?
> or next, as in firing order 1-4-3-2?
>
> Jim C
> '86 2.1 Running, but badly.=
>