93XJGreenMonster

Have the valve cover off, how do I know which valve is intake, and which is exhaust. Trying to bring Cyl #1 to TDC but I don't know if the front most valve should start compressing down as I pass 0 on the timing marks or if it's the second one. I'm 50/50, betting on the first one.

fantic238

Do you want just the answer or do you want the easy way to find out?

93XJGreenMonster

Everyones a comedian humor me, both.

milmat1

Just place your thumb in the spark plug hole and feel for the pressure as the piston comes up. Then you are on the Compression stroke. ..
BTW The Front valve is the Exhaust valve I think. Look and see if the #1 Exhaust port is more forward than the #1 Intake runner. The valve closest to the exhaust runner is the exahust valve..And Vise Versa....

93XJGreenMonster

Because I'm tarded and want to make sure I'm absolutely right, when I start feeling air coming up the piston is coming up and I keep turning the damper until 0 or is it that when I'm feeling air I'm too late and need to start over?

fantic238

too late some one ruined the game..

fantic238

You have the valve cover off right? you don't need to stick your finger in the engine.. Put the crankshaft in tdc and if the two rockers of the first cil are depressed (valves closed) you are in comp. stroke. The intake/ exhaust valves correspond to the intake/exhaust ports easily recognizable by the manifolds.

93XJGreenMonster

See, thats how special I am. :doh:

If both springs are not depressed, sitting level with each other then I'm good, if one or the other is depressed then I'm on the exhaust stroke.

fantic238

Right, now just match the mark on the balancer pulley and you're ok.

fantic238

From front to back the 12 valves are:
1 exh
2 int
3 int
4 exh
5 int
6 exh
7 exh
8 int
9 exh
10 int
11 int
12 exh

93XJGreenMonster

Awesome, thank you both.

fantic238

actually it works in either direction, lol..