Alright so what feels like forever later, I am electing to delay the gratification of just riding the damn bike, and doing some due diligence. Today I pulled the valve cover and checked all 8 valves, twice with the FSM method and twice with the method Nessism has posted here, and on several other posts. My results were... uninspiring.
FSM Method Results
1I 0.15; 0.15 1E: 0.10; 0.12
2I 0.13; 0.13 2E: 0.08; 0.09
3I 0.13; 0.13 3E 0.13; 0.14
4I 0.13; 0.13 4E 0.13; 0.13
"The Other Way"
1I 0.08; 0.10 1E 0.06; 0.08
2I 0.08; 0.08 2E 0.06; 0.08
3I 0.13; 0.13 3E 0.10; 0.13
4I 0.13; 0.13 4E 0.08; 0.12
So 3 and 4 were relatively consistent across both methods, and 1 and 2 were all over the damn place. Do I just suck at measuring? Brand new set of feeler gauges, since apparently I lost mine in the most recent move... Also
@Nessism in your prefered method, the last step has you index the #4 exhaust to measure the 3/4 intakes... I'm assuming that is a typo?
Anyone have any ideas? I was feeling good for about a quarter of a second and was ready to order some shims for 2E, but now I'm having second (and third) guesses. Did I need to do anything with the cam chain tensioner
before taking off the cover? Could that be throwing things off? I assumed you'd want everything taught to turn the engine over for the clearance checks...
Unrelated (except it also happened to be today) I learned some dillhole must have stripped the oil drain plug and tapped it out to 7/16"...
