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Old 04-08-2009, 02:44 PM
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Is it a 61x? Use common sense, take your time, understand the assembly that you are adjusting. Some guy a while back backed the adjusting nut off too far, said I dunno, I'll go to the next. His wife bumped the starter for him, piston whacked the valve into the cam and broke the valve =8-0. You can advance the engine with a wrench on the power steering pulley or on the main pulley. Don't forget, turn engine in the operating direction only- clockwise if you are facing the engine from the front bumper.

The bent wrenches look very handy, but I've managed without them. You will need a 9/16 or 14 mm open end wrench that is thinner than wrenches typically are for the locknut (the one between the adjusting nut and the spring keeper) Mine measures .230" or so thick and I wish it was a shade thinner. Cutting an extra wrench short is also helpful. I nicked the flat face of the handle with a hacksaw, and put it in a vise. Either a hammer or visegrips finished the job, I forget.

Various sources have the bent wrenches for $15-60 a set depending. The Hazet 'official' bent wrenches go for quite a bit on ebay if such sauerkraut pornography turns you on.
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