Re: Finding the compression stroke

[Mikeiidc@domain.elided]

John Hofstetter wrote:

> Michael,
>
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> >From: owner-ihc-digest@domain.elided (ihc-digest)
> >To: ihc-digest@domain.elided
> >Subject: ihc-digest V6 #913
> >Date: Sun, Jun 20, 1999, 8:35 PM
> >
>
> > So my main question is this:  Will the engine still "fire" if it is 180
> > out?  With starter fluid being more concentrated I am wondering if it
> > will cause some sort of firing even when not in sync.
>
> You might get an occasional backfire or other single burning, but
> nothing that you would describe as running even on the starter fluid.
> >
> > Granted, I have not been able to check the alignment of the cylinder and
> > the rotor yet, as I am doing this single-handedly and don't know a good
> > way to do this.  I am having to play hit and miss.  Anyone got a better
> > way to do this?
>
> The best tool I know of, Michael, to check TDC, is to take a spark
> plug, break all the porcelain out of it, JB weld a piece of tubing
> into the steel part, and hook a piece of plastic or rubber tubing to
> this and out into a glass of water. The firing upstroke will produce a
> string of bubbles in the water, and as soon as you get no more
> bubbles, you are within a few degrees of TDC. No, the down stroke
> won't suck the water back in because one or the other of the valves
> are open.
>
> John H.

 Wow!  This is even more ingenious than I have come to expect of you, oh wise
man!!!  Thanks for the idea!

Michael