Ahhh the joys. Steve, Yes #1 was at TDC with the lobes both pointing upwards (ie compression) and the distributer was pointed to spark number 1 so i assumed that this was where its sposed to be.
Terry, I had a look through the cam sprocket and saw that the two marks you described lined up perfectly with number 1 at TDC compression. I have since pulled the head off and have found two very light scrapes from exhaust valves on pistons 4 and 5 but none anywhere else. This fits with the noise that I hear as it only seems to come from that area.. ie is not uniform across all cylinders. Now given that the two timing marks you mentioned DO align up correctly... and that I am fairly confident the chain didn't slip a crank sprocket tooth. What on earth would cause it to knock valves (only lightly i hope/think) only on #4 and #5 ?!. Beats me. Oh and while i'm hear is there anyway, short of paying someone money, to be more confident that exhaust valves are not totally bent with the head off?. Sit it upside down and pour some water in there? And come back in the morning and see if its drained through?. I dunno. Any help much appreciated, Happy Easter and as Telstra have changed all their broadcast stations names to: "Drive Safe". Dave >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 3/29/02, 7:09:57 PM, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: L24 troubles. Please help: > >distributer were in the position to fire number 1. I assumed that this > >was TDC on the compression stroke. I then white-outed marks to match the > This may have been your mistake. Did you check that #1 piston was at > TDC on the compression stroke before removing the head ?? --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
