Hi.

I joined this forum last night after reading numerous posts here and one on particular caught my eye.
Somebody is about to do a valve adjustment today and as I began doing mine yesterday I came back to the forum to see if there were any updates.
Never mind the updates . . . I couldn't even find the original post.

I'm in need wisdom here too.

I've adjusted valves on a 4 cyl Honda overhead in an Accord and it was actually not hard at all but this engine's a bear. My Haynes guide says to turn the engine from the crankshaft with a ratchet but I can not get to the bolt inside the pulley and don't know what size it is. I also don't know how long an extension to use.
My thought was that I could perhaps turn the engine with the bolt at the end of the camshaft but I don't want to damage anything.
After I surmount this obstacle my next problem is which valves to adjust when the motor is in any given position. I read that the cam must face away from the valve spring but I am thinking that there should be more than one cylinder to adjust for each turn of the motor.
Hmmm.. I think I'm rambling too much here.
Sorry.
The upshot of all this I guess is that I'm hoping someone can direct me to a better explanation than offered by the Haynes.

PS> I am on my way to buy a 14mm that I will bend with my torch but I'm really wondering how I'm supposed to manipulate three wrenches at once.
I love the html features on this site.

I just bought the 1980 last week and I'm really excited about it so far but there's a lot of smoke for 195,000k.

Ramble, ramble, ramble . . .

thanks . .
jim.