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Old 07-07-2012, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by victorf
That is beside shorten socket, box end, turning rear wheel and such.
Well you kind of eliminated the easy ones.
What procedure are you trying to accomplish? Valve springs?
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Originally Posted by victorf
For confined space on C5 & C6, what ingenious tool you come up with to turn engine precisely over to TDC?

That is beside shorten socket, box end, turning rear wheel and such.

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Actually, those that you identified as notwithstanding seem to work pretty well.
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Originally Posted by victorf
Compcams Trunion upgrade.
You don't need to rotate the engine to TDC to do that. Just remove the rockers and get to work. When you're done, just bolt them back down to 22 ft/lbs.
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