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how to know when valve is closed for rockers, to tighten them down

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dfresh5050

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im back again, with one last question, got my new block in and tightened the rockers down the wrong way, how do i now when the valve is closed, whats the easiest way to tell??? thanx
 

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Take off your valve cover. crank the motor with a ratchet (on the crankshaft bolt) look at the rocker... it wil go down and up.. you ll no its all up when keeping turning the crank.the rocker wont move for a moment...

when the rovker is all up, your valve is close.

ps. you should take off all your spark plugs to do this.
 
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bock said:
Take off your valve cover. crank the motor with a ratchet (on the crankshaft bolt) look at the rocker... it wil go down and up.. you ll no its all up when keeping turning the crank.the rocker wont move for a moment...

when the rovker is all up, your valve is close.

ps. you should take off all your spark plugs to do this.
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will the pushrods be all the way down or up??
 
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The pushrods will be down more in the block when the valves are closed
 
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