[TR] WAS (no subject) NOW rule of 9 valve adjustment

Paul Dorsey dorpaul1 at gmail.com
Mon Nov 5 15:46:30 MST 2018


Got it.

On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 4:13 PM Randall <TR3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:

>
> >       Sorry for the interlude as I was getting the house
> > painted, but, I am now on the tr 3 again.  And I was
> > adjusting the valves using the 'rule of 9', which seems
> > simple enough.  AT TDC valve no.1 is adjusted because valve 8
> > is descending, right?  Valve no. 6 is adjusted when valve 3
> > is open, That is 1+8=9 and 6+3=9, respectively right?  Well,
> > how concerned should I be that valve 8 and valve 3 (in this
> > example) are fully open?
>
> Paul, I'm not sure your question here got answered.  Ideally, the other
> valve should be fully open, however it doesn't really matter.  As long as
> it
> is partially open, the opposite valve will be on the base circle.  Hence
> fully closed and available for adjustment.
>
> -- Randall
>
>
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