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Old 01-15-2009, 05:02 PM
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Re: tdc after eplacing head gaskets 4.3

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Originally Posted by duh1
well, no luck so far. when i adjusted the valves there was no compression. should i turn the engine over for a few seconds to pump up the lifters, or should i just back off each rocker arm nut 1/3 turn on all till it fires up, or what. i am completely confused now. however, i feel i have established tdc on the compression stroke of #1, it lines up with a mark on the balencer, and both #1 pushrods are at their lowest levl equally.

You need to check the opsite firing cylinder for the valve rock to get the true top TDC compression stroke.

When valves are all of the way closed on a cylinder .
Back off rocker arms on that cylinder untill you can spin push rods by hand.
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