TruckYou
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Well, I pulled the engine out of my donor 95, which will be swapped into my first gen. I pulled my rocker arm pedestals the other day and had them Machined down for ARP studs. Now I'm trying to install my new valve springs and pedestals. IV never done this before.
I pulled my tdc pin out, and reached in there with my finger while rolling the engine over, and found the indentation on the gear. The alternator is froze right up on this engine, so I'm using the 15mm balancer Bolts, and rotating engine clockwise. I swapped on cylinder 1 and 6 springs , and could hear the valves resting on the piston. At this point I bolted the pedestals in and set valve lash, to help me find tdc of cylinder 2-5.
From what I read, when intake closes, and exhaust valve just starts to open on #5, STOP and you've found tdc. Well, I compressed the springs all the way and before removing keepers I check to make sure the valve was resting on the piston, and it was not... Almost lost a valve to the cylinder....
Directions all refer to rotating the alternator in reverse direction. Im rotating balancer clockwise, is this my problem?
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I pulled my tdc pin out, and reached in there with my finger while rolling the engine over, and found the indentation on the gear. The alternator is froze right up on this engine, so I'm using the 15mm balancer Bolts, and rotating engine clockwise. I swapped on cylinder 1 and 6 springs , and could hear the valves resting on the piston. At this point I bolted the pedestals in and set valve lash, to help me find tdc of cylinder 2-5.
From what I read, when intake closes, and exhaust valve just starts to open on #5, STOP and you've found tdc. Well, I compressed the springs all the way and before removing keepers I check to make sure the valve was resting on the piston, and it was not... Almost lost a valve to the cylinder....
Directions all refer to rotating the alternator in reverse direction. Im rotating balancer clockwise, is this my problem?
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