<div>Ok, thanks.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 7:08 PM Tony Drews <<a href="mailto:tony@tonydrews.com">tony@tonydrews.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The open valve degree of openness is not critical. When it looks like<br>
it’s starting to close that works. When doing this using the starter to<br>
turn over the engine I’ll have spots where two valves are largely open, I<br>
adjust both opposing valves then.<br>
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You are correct in the math piece - 1 (open) plus 8 (adjust) = 9.<br>
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Regards, Tony Drews<br>
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On Sun, November 4, 2018 7:46 am, Paul Dorsey wrote:<br>
> Sorry for the interlude as I was getting the house painted, but, I am now<br>
> on the tr 3 again. And I was adjusting the valves using the 'rule of<br>
> 9',<br>
> which seems simple enough. AT TDC valve no.1 is adjusted because valve 8<br>
> is descending, right? Valve no. 6 is adjusted when valve 3 is open, That<br>
> is 1+8=9 and 6+3=9, respectively right? Well, how concerned should I be<br>
> that valve 8 and valve 3 (in this example) are fully open?<br>
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> Thanks, Paul Dorsey, TR3 1960<br>
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> None at all because you are only adjusting the closed valves, 8&3. Bill<br>
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> to <a href="mailto:Wbeech@flash.net" target="_blank">Wbeech@flash.net</a>, Triumph Bill, I must 'av said it wrong. Valve #1 gets<br>
> ADJUSTED because #8 is down<br>
> (or going down), and valve #6 is ADJUSTED because #3 is down(or going<br>
> down). Honestly it seems I may not have to be at the very peak or zenith<br>
> of the #8 or #3, I think, because, they so rapidly 'fall-off' or change.<br>
> Am I still missing something?<br>
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