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Old 06-04-2009, 12:28 PM
Sugi Sugi is offline
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Athens, GA
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It's raining now, time to rest...

I got everything back together and cranked it up. Runs and sounds better for sure but still not quite right. I did drive it down the street and it was very weak. Still won't idle at normal speed, had to use a stick between the seat and the pedal to keep it around what I estimate (no tach) at 900-1000 rpm. I let the engine run for a while and get good and warm. Hopefully this will let everything "bed in" some so I can adjust the valves (probably would be out b/c I moved the cam a little). I still have not checked the IP- I need to make or borrow one of those short overflow lines used to check start of delivery. I did run a can of diesel purge and that helped even more. Here's a picture of how far and which direction the cam was off

I painted the red paint where it was at first, then moved the chain around. It was one tooth off, just like you all said it would be. I think this got me out of the valve bender zone (barely I'm sure!)

If that does not work, here's the link http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/VrYOyMdr-swYsmaCeGEc8g?feat=directlink
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1983 300DT
1964 Triumph TR4 (back in the stable after 18 years- same car!)
2004 Pontiac Vibe
1986 Honda Elite CH250
1971 F100
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