Volvo@Ikea

Volvo@Ikea
This blog documents my Volvo 1800E project car; It may be of little interest to others but serves as an electronic logbook. I will also use it to document our travels in this car.
Showing posts with label volvo b20e valve lash. Show all posts
Showing posts with label volvo b20e valve lash. Show all posts

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Valve Lash Check / Adjust, etc.

I just finished the valve lash adjustment; the exhaust valve on cylinder # 1 was way too tight.  It's possible that I misinterpreted that valve because it was the first one I checked.  I'm not sure if I took the slop out of the rocker before trying the feelers.  After installing new spark plugs, I cleaned and lubed the distributor and set the point gap.  The gap was a little tight.


I installed new spark plugs, since I had the old plugs removed