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Rod knock? God I hope not.
« on: July 05, 2009, 03:35:13 pm »
So as you know I've adjusted my valves today, something I thought was the valves may be something more serious. When you have a rod knock does it happen all the time? The first innitial start of the day sounds like a clanking/tapping. Maybe I'll video tape it tomorrow.
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Re: Rod knock? God I hope not.
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2009, 03:39:06 pm »
go over the full procedure again- you might have forgotten to turn the engine 180 when you did one of the adjustments and that will throw off everything
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Re: Rod knock? God I hope not.
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2009, 03:57:30 pm »
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you might have forgotten to turn the engine 180

thats counter clockwise starting at TDC and #1 both valves closed.
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Re: Rod knock? God I hope not.
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2009, 04:00:36 pm »
Yeah I did that right. I wonder if my dad has a micrometer, I was watching the old video on how to do valves, and it tells you the exact feel. It's suppose to feel "gritty". 
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Re: Rod knock? God I hope not.
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2009, 04:11:06 pm »
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, I think I have about 5 or 6 micrometers: metric, English, Japanese, or Russian? @7@
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Re: Rod knock? God I hope not.
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2009, 04:33:01 pm »
Actually dad it's the Irish one. Do you have an Irish one?
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Re: Rod knock? God I hope not.
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2009, 06:56:27 pm »
Quote from: Beetleboi on July 05, 2009, 04:33:01 pm
Actually dad it's the Irish one. Do you have an Irish one?

NO! Not the Irish one! You either have to be sauced or wearing 3D glasses!
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Re: Rod knock? God I hope not.
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2009, 07:03:09 pm »
I have 3D glasses we're good to go. Dad said it's actually going to hurt the micrometer to run the feeler gauge through it.
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Re: Rod knock? God I hope not.
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2009, 09:04:12 pm »
You will hear a rod knock most at the high RPM just before you shift a fast metallic sound.

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Re: Rod knock? God I hope not.
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2009, 09:05:25 pm »
Ok good it's not a rod knock. =)
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