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**Gregski** · 05-03-2016, 10:59 PM

spent the entire day troubleshooting the truck

did a valve adjustment following my favorite procedure

with 1 at TDC adjust: Exhaust 1-3-4-8 and Intake 1-2-5-7 valves

than with 6 at TDC adjust Exhaust 2-5-6-7 and Intake 3-4-6-8 valves

all valves needed to have a tiny bit of wiggle taken out of them and then were tightened a 1/4 turn,

except for #2 exhaust, this guy was loose, so it was tightened properly

Did this stabilize the vacuum needle? NEGATIVE

I did return the cheap-o vacuum gauge and bought what I hope is a more better one by BOSCH, since when my buddy Mike came over he bronged his old Pontiac vacuum gauge (of all things) and it read a steady 16 inches or what ever the notches be called

05-03-2016, 10:59 PM	#3809
Gregski Post Whore Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 10,817	Re: Restoring Rusty - Valve Adjustment spent the entire day troubleshooting the truck did a valve adjustment following my favorite procedure with 1 at TDC adjust: Exhaust 1-3-4-8 and Intake 1-2-5-7 valves than with 6 at TDC adjust Exhaust 2-5-6-7 and Intake 3-4-6-8 valves all valves needed to have a tiny bit of wiggle taken out of them and then were tightened a 1/4 turn, except for #2 exhaust, this guy was loose, so it was tightened properly Did this stabilize the vacuum needle? NEGATIVE I did return the cheap-o vacuum gauge and bought what I hope is a more better one by BOSCH, since when my buddy Mike came over he bronged his old Pontiac vacuum gauge (of all things) and it read a steady 16 inches or what ever the notches be called Attached Images Last edited by Gregski; 05-07-2016 at 08:39 PM.