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Last seen: June 27, 2025 3:49 pm
The fact that everything was fine for so long and this is relatively recent adds to my confusion.....
What has me all perplexed though Les is that the method of finding compression indicates that #6 is on compression when the dots on the timing sprock...
Going to have to ponder a bit..... Somebody flipped your cam inside out .....
I'll have to try that someday. I've run a plastic tube off of a modified sparkplug into a bucket of liquid and watched air bubbles but never your met...
yikes my brain just went "tilt"... How have you come to determine that #6 is on compression at the point that the marks are across from eac...
When the dots are lined up, #1 & #6 are at TDC, and the valves for #1 are both closed. The exhaust valve for #6 would be open. The cam turns at ...
I've been kinda worried about this outcome, but at least you can cross off any anxiety about the condition of your timing sprockets and chain. One th...
You can find the contact information for Bob's Speedometer in the vendors tab in the main menu.
It might turn the engine, depending on how beefy the guy was that installed it. When I'm trying to loosen a nut on something that rotates, I can some...
from my interpretation of the '49 shop manual, your crank nut is holding on a keyed flange that your harmonic balancer was bolted to. Instinctively I...
Lol, you mean you have a life besides filling us in on your De Soto activities?
Yikes, it's been 6 days without an update! Don't leave us hanging! Have you learned anything yet about what's going on with the timing on the '42?
Congratulations!
I put a post in the FAQs forum about adding attachments. Maybe it will help?