I have memorized the firing order
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20 years ago
I have memorized the firing order
Do it 4-3-2-1 for valve adjustment, then you only have to jump from side to side once, hahaha.
to side once, hahaha.
Also can - just a question of whether you are used to turnng the engine clockwise or counterclockwise to the next cylinder for adjutment.
This is just how I do it :-D I think I started doing it this way cause that is how they say to do it in the Bentley manual... been a while since I looked though... so I dunno
I usually use a spark plug socket on the alternator nut to turn the engine to the next cylinder. You'd be hard put to to accidentally loosen the nut by turning the engine by this method, but I guess I just like to preach good shop practice.
You can always have it tatooed to your body... just in case
I had my firing order cast into the alternator support so it would always be there when I needed it.
I just turn it by hand :-/
to the next cylinder.
by this method, but I
I always turn it over by hand :-/
to the next cylinder.
by this method, but I
Isn't that how they came from the factory? my original stands have 'em, the aftermarket ones don't...
be there when I needed it.
computer crashed and i didnt think the first one posted... sorry!
a parch plug socket fits! nice :) how big is the nut in metric?
spark plug, I mean :)
LOL.Even my damn T4 has 1-4-3-2 cast in.Must be a Porsche engine.Steve
Just chucklin' a bit here.
Of course - I's jus' takin' the piss outta the gnarlish dood.
21mm..
J.
there when I needed it.
ROFL
Cool trick, I bet now everyone's gonna start doing it that way.. lol.. you just watch.. soon all of them will have it there for easy viewing... ;)
Jan
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