Thanks, Matt, for the detailed breakdown! You nailed it; it's out of a 78 model year. I did not pull the plate behind the timing cover. I pulled the engine and transmission out of my rig because it was leaking from so many places and had a mud/oil frosting over the bottom of everything. It took...
Hi Matt, thank you for the detailed response! Based on you're staemtns, I think there are some things im missing, i copied your statemtentis in italics and added a comment at the end here:
- did you stake the V-HEAD / giant flat head screw driver machine screws like the FSM states ? No, im...
Hi All, I recognize there are many threads about this, but none that I've found seem to answer enough. I'm in the process of putting my motor back together, and when torquing the timing cover to what the service manual calls out, it pushed the gasket out. As other threads have suggested, I...
I began the process of rebuilding my heater box, and it wasn't until I began putting it back together that I realized I was missing a part. Im missing the L-shaped Linkage that goes on the driver's side bottom front. Ive been advised that there may be different styles of this part. Seeing as...
Hi All,
I began rebuilding my heaterbox, and didnt realize unitll i started putting it back together that im missing a part. Im hoping someone has a suggestion as to where I can source one. I circled the missing part in blue.
Likely, I understand 4-cycle = suck (intake) squeeze (compression) bang (ignition) blow (exhaust). But am having some hardship understanding what is open/closed at different points in the rotation. My intention is to get them close and then readjust when warm.
Hi all. Im putting my motor back together and am at Fig 3-56/57 in the Service manual at the part where it asks you to adjust the valve clearance. It says to set No. 1 cylinder to TDC/Compression. Since I don't have the flywheel on and I haven't installed the distributor yet, I'm unsure about...
Im in the middle of doing this, and at the same point @Kuda picture is in post 3. Like in that picture, my cam/crank marks are lined up and also like in that photo, rockers 7 and 9 have their springs compressed. How do you adjust those? The book says Cylinder #1 should be at TDC/compression...