<div dir="ltr">Paul -<div><br></div><div>That's as it should be - remember that 3 is an intake valve and 8 is an exhaust valve so even though they are both open, the cylinders are on different strokes.</div><div><br></div><div><div><img src="cid:ii_jo3jpmk30" alt="image.png" width="300" height="184"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>No, not <i>that </i>Different Strokes.</div><div><br></div><div>Geo</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 7:41 AM Paul Dorsey <<a href="mailto:dorpaul1@gmail.com">dorpaul1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><table class="m_3805295051955474556gmail-Bs m_3805295051955474556gmail-nH m_3805295051955474556gmail-iY m_3805295051955474556gmail-bAt" cellpadding="0" style="border-spacing:0px;padding:0px;border-collapse:collapse;width:1010px;display:block;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><tbody><tr><td class="m_3805295051955474556gmail-Bu m_3805295051955474556gmail-yM" style="vertical-align:top;padding:0px;width:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></td><td class="m_3805295051955474556gmail-Bu m_3805295051955474556gmail-bAn" style="vertical-align:top;padding:0px;display:block;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><div class="m_3805295051955474556gmail-nH m_3805295051955474556gmail-if" style="margin:0px 16px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div class="m_3805295051955474556gmail-nH m_3805295051955474556gmail-aHU"><div class="m_3805295051955474556gmail-nH m_3805295051955474556gmail-hx" style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(34,34,34);min-width:502px;padding:0px"><div class="m_3805295051955474556gmail-nH"><div class="m_3805295051955474556gmail-h7" style="clear:both;padding-bottom:0px;max-width:100000px;outline:none"><div class="m_3805295051955474556gmail-Bk" style="margin-bottom:0px;border-width:0px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:rgb(239,239,239);border-right-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-radius:0px;width:993px;float:none"><div class="m_3805295051955474556gmail-G3 m_3805295051955474556gmail-G2" style="padding-top:0px;background-color:transparent;border-right:0px;border-bottom:0px rgba(100,121,143,0.12);border-left:0px;border-top:none;border-radius:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><div id="m_3805295051955474556gmail-:3da"><div class="m_3805295051955474556gmail-adn m_3805295051955474556gmail-ads" style="border-left:none;padding:0px;display:flex"><div class="m_3805295051955474556gmail-gs" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:929px"><div class="m_3805295051955474556gmail-"><div id="m_3805295051955474556gmail-:3dd" class="m_3805295051955474556gmail-ii m_3805295051955474556gmail-gt" style="font-size:12.8px;direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div id="m_3805295051955474556gmail-:3dc" class="m_3805295051955474556gmail-a3s m_3805295051955474556gmail-aXjCH" style="overflow:hidden;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr">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?<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, Paul Dorsey, TR3  1960</div></div>** <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" target="_blank">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **<br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="m_3805295051955474556gmail-kv" style="clear:both;outline:none"><div class="m_3805295051955474556gmail-Bk" style="margin-bottom:0px;border-width:0px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:rgb(239,239,239);border-right-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-radius:0px;padding-bottom:0px;width:993px;color:rgb(119,119,119);float:none"><div class="m_3805295051955474556gmail-G3 m_3805295051955474556gmail-G2" style="padding-top:0px;background-color:transparent;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:rgba(100,121,143,0.12);border-left-color:initial;border-top-style:solid;b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