two things..
were the lifters well pumped up when you did the adjustment ?
they have to be for the  standard method.

I assume you did them with each cylinder on compression .,
which is easy to tell from distributor rotor position.

and ...I think the current wisdom is 1/2 turn, not 1 to 2.

On 5/19/2012 11:07 AM, Dan Barrett wrote:
> Folks:
>
> I'm adjusting the valves on my ten year old Boston Bob 2.1 with about
> 60,000 mi on it.  I followed Ben's guide
> (http://benplace.com/1700valves.htm) and tightened the adjusting
> screws 1-2 turns in past zero lash.  This helped a lot, adding 20lbs.
> of compression on cylinders 1 and 2, making the engine easier to
> start, and idling closer to 900 rpm than it had been.
>
> But, two problems: first, cylinders 3 and 4 lost about 15lbs. of
> compression each.  Second, I still have a lot of valvetrain noise from
> both sides of the engine.
>
> Do the results on cylinders 3 and 4 mean that I've moved the adjusting
> screws too far in and need to back out towards zero lash?  And is the
> valvetrain noise just the way things are with a broken-in boxer?
>
> Best,
> d.
>