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Finally re-adjusted valves...
10/12/08 at 14:17:29

and dang were they out of spec. But I reckon that was my fault for not readjusting them after I put in the hot cam I got from Lancer.

Found a neat trick to find TDC compression however. When you go to put the engine on TDC, keep the spark plug in. When you feel it hard to turn you know you are on the compression stroke, stop, then take out the spark plug and use a straw the rest of the way so you know you are at the top of the stroke. Makes it much easier to find TDCC.

I also believe I figured out what is wrong with my decomp solenoid. I have some crushed and bare wires under my tank. Will be correcting that here shortly and see if that is the problem.

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28644 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Finally re-adjusted valves... Reply #1 - 10/12/08 at 14:38:03 Well,... It's about darn time!..... Yeah, mines overdue a couple thousand miles now too..... nice that you caught the wiring prob too...
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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: Finally re-adjusted valves... Reply #2 - 10/12/08 at 15:20:25 Yeah, the valve clearance was so loose I am almost amazed the valves were opening at all. Now maybe I won't have so much chattering from the engine.
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Re: Finally re-adjusted valves...
Reply #3 - 10/13/08 at 02:51:47

Yonuh Adisi FSO wrote on 10/12/08 at 15:20:25:

Yeah, the valve clearance was so loose I am almost amazed the valves were opening at all. Now maybe I won't have so much chattering from the engine.

Are you actually admitting that you changed to a different cam without checking and adjusting the valves clearances after? Shocked

If so, 10/10 for integrity in admitting it, but your poor new cam . . . .

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blacksheep23 Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 123	Re: Finally re-adjusted valves... Reply #4 - 10/13/08 at 03:09:26 do u feel any diff in hp with the cam on there?
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Skid Mark Serious Thumper Offline FSO Posts: 1216 Calgary, Alberta Gender:	Re: Finally re-adjusted valves... Reply #5 - 10/13/08 at 10:11:40 Like all great ideas, keeping the spark plug in to find the compression phase is so simple and obvious it's great. I will remember this when I do mine next year. You should put this in the tech section
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Re: Finally re-adjusted valves...
Reply #6 - 10/13/08 at 16:56:23

KwakNut wrote on 10/13/08 at 02:51:47:

Yonuh Adisi FSO wrote on 10/12/08 at 15:20:25:

Yeah, the valve clearance was so loose I am almost amazed the valves were opening at all. Now maybe I won't have so much chattering from the engine.

Are you actually admitting that you changed to a different cam without checking and adjusting the valves clearances after? Shocked

If so, 10/10 for integrity in admitting it, but your poor new cam . . . .

Yes I am admitting it, I also admit that it was pretty stupid of me to forget that little detail, but all is well thankfully.

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do u feel any diff in hp with the cam on there?

Yes, but how much I don't know. What I do know is with the performance cam I can lift the front end (a heavy girder front end) of the FireLizard from a 15mph roll in second gear just by rolling back the throttle hard. I couldn't do that with the old cam.

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Like all great ideas, keeping the spark plug in to find the compression phase is so simple and obvious it's great. I will remember this when I do mine next year. You should put this in the tech section

Good idea, I believe I will.

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Re: Finally re-adjusted valves...
Reply #7 - 10/15/08 at 07:09:33

Yonuh Adisi FSO wrote on 10/12/08 at 14:17:29:

and dang were they out of spec. But I reckon that was my fault for not readjusting them after I put in the hot cam I got from Lancer.

Found a neat trick to find TDC compression however. When you go to put the engine on TDC, keep the spark plug in. When you feel it hard to turn you know you are on the compression stroke, stop, then take out the spark plug and use a straw the rest of the way so you know you are at the top of the stroke. Makes it much easier to find TDCC.

I also believe I figured out what is wrong with my decomp solenoid. I have some crushed and bare wires under my tank. Will be correcting that here shortly and see if that is the problem.

Can someone kindly explain to me what exactly TDC is? I keep seeing it in threads about valve adjustment and it is driving me nuts.

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cowspotter Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 80 Ashburn, VA Gender:	Re: Finally re-adjusted valves... Reply #8 - 10/15/08 at 07:27:19 Top Dead Center Its the point on the compression stroke where the piston is at its highest point in the cylinder
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Re: Finally re-adjusted valves...
Reply #9 - 10/15/08 at 07:57:43

Yonuh Adisi FSO wrote on 10/12/08 at 14:17:29:

Found a neat trick to find TDC compression however. When you go to put the engine on TDC, keep the spark plug in. When you feel it hard to turn you know you are on the compression stroke, stop, then take out the spark plug and use a straw the rest of the way so you know you are at the top of the stroke. Makes it much easier to find TDCC.

that trick rules! thanks.

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