[DeTomaso] NPC: Compression stroke

dave londry davel at emspace.com
Thu Jun 13 18:23:51 EDT 2013


ATF in the balance tube?
dave

On 10/06/2013 6:40 PM, Sean Korb wrote:
> I was looking for TDC on the compression stroke of my 443FE and I thought I
> might have to pull a valve cover or use a boroscope (I've been wanting an
> excuse to get one for a while now) to make sure the exhaust valve was up.
> The timing marks were about 120 degrees BTDC on the harmonic balancer.  So
> I took a packing peanut and stuffed it in the spark plug hole.  Blipped the
> starter and it popped right out.  Eureka! Compression stroke!
>
> Another thing that could have happened is it could have been sucked into
> the cylinder.  But this stuff dissolves pretty well in gasoline and burns
> even better.  I got the idea from my uncle who would balance the side draft
> carburetors on his Mini by using a piece of styrofoam in a clear plastic
> tube and tune them until it didn't want to get sucked into one or the other
> carburetor.  I told him they invented this wonderful stuff called Automatic
> Transmission Fluid that does the same but he hasn't had that car in 40
> years.
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