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The old forums were the only part of the old CTOA that had been run with what turned out to be compromisable software that was transferred over to the new site.. That created a backdoor for the problems which required the creation of the new CTOA. The only way to restore the old forums safely as I see it would be to copy and paste every article, every word over to the new software format. A bank could afford the man hours to do that but I would never expect Hal to have to spend the ungodly amount of hours it would take to do that for a website he is doing us a favor to host. I appreciate everything you do to keep this place available and safe for us Hal, keep up the good work.
While it does give the advantage of setting while the engine is hot and everything has expanded as far as it will, I don't see a major advantage to it. It is easier to do on a strait 3,4,6,or 8 cyl engine that idles low. It can make a mess on a V6 or 8 due to the tilt of the head. Many companies make rocker clips to keep the hot oil from squirting everywhere while adjusting, not really a problem on these low idling engines. Then you have the overhead cam engines on most cars today that make this a moot point, unless you can find a way to adjust and remove/install shims under the camshaft (which requires removing said camshafts) while the engine is running.
Not sure how to highlight a quote. What Bob is saying is that the pushrods and rockers wear together and it's not a bad idea to keep them this way. Take an egg carton or a piece of cardboard, punch holes in it with a pencil and store the pushrods in order till you put it back together. “See if they roll flat” means roll them on a flat surface to make sure none of them are bent.
How about buying your friend a half rack, or dinner or whatever and have him advise. Not touch anything, just advise. You'll learn not only how to do it, but why you're doing it the way he would do it.
Um… you can't do it without the rocker shaft installed. You are adjusting the gap between the top of the valve stem and the rocker. Are you comfortable with watching the valves open and close to know when to do the adjustment on each valve? If not it would be best to find a mechanic friend to help.
The attacks I have got here at work appear to becoming from outside the US. I update my antivirus and malware daily and have all firewall settings on max, a few got through and were brand new crap. With everything I can possibly do they came through when on IE8. So far nothing has got through on Firefox, knock on wood.
Bob, on Firefox anyway every corner of every rectangle on this site is rounded off. I'll check what it looks like with IE8 when I get home.I have had so many attacks here at work, one took out windows completely, another took me three days to get back to usable, that I won't run IE here for even a second.
I never had it, but if I do I'll let you know. When others reported a blackout I suspect that's when the sidebars had what I'd describe as a light olive/gray color that blended in with the center. I liked that look actually
. It was definitely light enough that it looked like it was like that on purpose, and the rounded off stuff was never square for me.
