---------------------------------------------------------- Yak-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 04/06/08: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:30 PM - Viper Doc... (Tim Gagnon) 2. 08:42 PM - wonkish cylinder maintenance questions (Jon Boede) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:30:14 PM PST US Subject: Yak-List: Viper Doc... From: "Tim Gagnon" I cannot find your email..I think my PC tanked it when I switched to a Mac. Anyway...can you please send my panels back to me. I need to make sure they leave with the airplane. Yeah...it may be leaving my hands....sadly. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=175185#175185 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:42:37 PM PST US From: Jon Boede Subject: Yak-List: wonkish cylinder maintenance questions Anybody have a rule of thumb (I know that an actual number of foot-pounds w ould be too much to ask for) for torquing the bolt the provides the pivot f or the rocker arms? I changed a valve last week and then noticed that my engine was pretty soak ed with oil (well, more than usual :-). Further investigation revealed tha t a pretty good drip was coming out the side of the rocker arm bolt (er, re ally more around the edge of the washer on the "head" side of the bolt, to be precise) -- in my zeal to not over-tighten it, I under-tightened it. So before I just make something up, I thought I'd ask how to do it right. Bonus question: If I tighten it to a certain point and that doesn't line up with the cotter pin hole, should I go just a little tighter or little loos er to the next slit in the castle nut? And here's a really wonkish question... In the past, I had placed the cylinder base gasket over the bolts coming ou t of the block (it's easiest to get it aligned just right) and put the o-ri ng on the cylinder skirt. However, the book seems to suggest that you slide the gasket over the skirt and then put the o-ring on after that so that it's all riding on the cylin der when you slide it onto the base bolts. Anybody got an argument one way or the other? I usually spray my gaskets w ith that copper-colored sealant to make them slightly tacky -- I haven't ha d any gaskets blow out since I started using that -- and so it's easier to put the gasket on the block. And on that, what I learned a while back is that a blown-out cylinder base gasket ups your oil consumption by about 2.5 quarts an hour. :-) Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message yak-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Yak-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/yak-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/yak-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.