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No compression on one cylinder

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Make sure you follow the tutorial when you adjust the valves. Never rotate the crank unless there is a shim in every bucket. If you take one out, you have to put it (or another shim) back in before rotating the crank.
 
Cutting a valve cover gasket is very difficult; it's a large piece with a ton of holes, but the width of the gasket is thin. I'm a big fan of making your own gaskets but not for that application.
 
jdion81 said:
I plan on getting a roll of gasket material at the parts store. I wonder if the wife will get upset at me using her scrap book tools to build a gasket... What she doesn't know wont hurt me. :-#

Any thoughts on soda blasting before pulling the cover gasket? The last thing I want to do is clean the internals because gunk fell inside.
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Why would you want to soda blast? After your cleaning job it looks fine to me. I bought real gaskets for my 1100 and my 850. They're good for about 3-4 valve shim changes. You'll want to check your valves about every 8-10k miles. It isn't really that difficult of a job.

This is the place to buy a Real Gasket :http://www.realgaskets.com/index.htm

You also should plan on replacing the half moon seals (cam end cap gaskets). I bought mine from Z-1 Enterprises. Good luck, I'm sure you'll find the majority of your valves are too tight.
 
Agreed. The valve cover gaskets are very delicate due to the large size yet very narrow width. Buy one and handle it with care (until it is installed).

Nessism said:
Cutting a valve cover gasket is very difficult; it's a large piece with a ton of holes, but the width of the gasket is thin. I'm a big fan of making your own gaskets but not for that application.
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jdion81 said:
I plan on getting a roll of gasket material at the parts store. I wonder if the wife will get upset at me using her scrap book tools to build a gasket... What she doesn't know wont hurt me. :-#

Any thoughts on soda blasting before pulling the cover gasket? The last thing I want to do is clean the internals because gunk fell inside.
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Well, your time must be worth nothing, because trying to create the valve cover gasket will take you a long time. And, it will probably leak

They're only about $20-30. Order one from your dealer and it will come in by the time you have the valves adjusted
 
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