what is the best way to turn over a 914 engine for valve adjustment, am to used to only type 1 and 356. bill
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what is the best way to turn over a 914 engine for valve adjustment, am to used to only type 1 and 356. bill
in neutral, by the front pulley with dizzy cap off
Some say to jack the rear with the left rear wheel able to turn, put it in 4th and turn the wheel to get to the next cylinder.
I will know more about this in a week or so.----Jack
Jack, I am sure it will be very similar to your type1. Jake will school ya!
Danny--I sure hope so! I understand he provides some great "how to" manuals with an engine plus good documentation and blueprinting info.
If anyone needs schoolin' it's me. We are leaving in 2 hours for the Dragon run then to Jake's Sunday night to drop the car off Mon then fly home from Atlanta.
When I get back I'll be able to post a better answer to the original question on this thread for Mr. Buckwheat!
If anyone needs schoolin' it's me. We are leaving in 2 hours for the Dragon run then to Jake's Sunday night to drop the car off Mon then fly home from Atlanta.
When I get back I'll be able to post a better answer to the original question on this thread for Mr. Buckwheat!
the T4 engine is essentially the same as a T1.
If the engine is in the car - put the car in neutral then go to step 1
if the engine is out (floor / stand), go to step 1
1) If distributor is in (correctly) - pull cap and turn the engine over by hand (by the front pulley) - doesn't matter if it's an upright converted motor. Turn engine over until it looks like this: http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/555213.jpg
there is a little notch in the distributor top ring that indicates TDC of #1.
2) to adjust valves - pull off valve covers
3) turn the engine over either 90 degrees at a time and switch sides, or 180 degrees at a time and stay on the same side of the engine. This sounds a bit confusing, but ever 90 degrees of the distributior, one of the cylinders will be at TDC. It's pretty sstraight forward as the others will have the vavles opened a bit.
4) if it's a hydraulic T4 motor, there is some different opinions on setting the valve lash. most agree it's zero plus 1/4 or 1/2 turn.
http://www.ratwell.com/technical/HydraulicLifters.html
http://www.moonrosedesigns.com/tunacannet/t4/tech/hydcam.htm
5) if it's a solid lifter motor - as most of them seem to be - the proceedure is the same, but the setting is different.
Ther eis a lot of really great info on the web on how to do this. thesamba and shop talk forums have many threads on this already:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=341903&highlight=solid+lifter+setting
If the engine is in the car - put the car in neutral then go to step 1
if the engine is out (floor / stand), go to step 1
1) If distributor is in (correctly) - pull cap and turn the engine over by hand (by the front pulley) - doesn't matter if it's an upright converted motor. Turn engine over until it looks like this: http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/555213.jpg
there is a little notch in the distributor top ring that indicates TDC of #1.
2) to adjust valves - pull off valve covers
3) turn the engine over either 90 degrees at a time and switch sides, or 180 degrees at a time and stay on the same side of the engine. This sounds a bit confusing, but ever 90 degrees of the distributior, one of the cylinders will be at TDC. It's pretty sstraight forward as the others will have the vavles opened a bit.
4) if it's a hydraulic T4 motor, there is some different opinions on setting the valve lash. most agree it's zero plus 1/4 or 1/2 turn.
http://www.ratwell.com/technical/HydraulicLifters.html
http://www.moonrosedesigns.com/tunacannet/t4/tech/hydcam.htm
5) if it's a solid lifter motor - as most of them seem to be - the proceedure is the same, but the setting is different.
Ther eis a lot of really great info on the web on how to do this. thesamba and shop talk forums have many threads on this already:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=341903&highlight=solid+lifter+setting