Valve adjust today

N2BRK

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Like an idiot I hired someone to make a repair on an old car of mine. While he was in there I had him do a valve adjustment too. Long story short, he gave up on the car because he couldn’t start it for 2mos. Distributor was 180* out - I fixed it in 5 mins. Then I picked it up and it had a tap tap tap tap…. I did a valve adjustment today. One was a c hair off. No mo tappy tap tap. I see that I have a massive oil leak now too. Must be where he replaced the top cover when he put the new fan in.

Why didn’t I just do it myself 🤦‍♂️. So now it runs, it doesn’t tap, the timing is set, the idle is set, and the carbs are balanced. Yay.

Oh, and a brand new battery had one terminal decide to stay with my tachometer when I unplugged it. lol. Wtf?! lol
 

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N2BRK

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Thanks. I bought and somewhat restored it for my wife. And she doesn’t drive it. LMAO. While my truck is down, I’m driving the heck out of it. I’m waiting on a new ihi valley turbo to show up, and then I’m driving it to a guy I know in Camden to port and polish it. We’ll see if I make it in and out with the car, hahahaha. Beautiful Camden NJ; armpit of our nation.