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<blockquote data-quote="Monkeypants" data-source="post: 118435" data-attributes="member: 2708"><p>Mike Hawthorne sells nice mounted digital dial indicators made to thread into the Vincent heads. They aren't cheap, but well worth having.</p><p>One could also make a set if you have a lathe.</p><p>Another option- An old ugly set of valve caps could probably be used to mount the indicators. Seems I read in mph of someone doing that.</p><p>I borrowed a very nice shop made set of mounted indicators from Dan Smith.</p><p>Without the dial indicators it would be pretty tough to know exactly what is happening with the valve timing.</p><p></p><p>Many decades ago I assembled a Matchless G80 from parts. Somehow I managed to get the valve timing wrong by one tooth. It started easily and ran but sounded like WW3. I was 13 years old ( my excuse) but knew something was wrong and eventually figured it out.</p><p>I guess valve timing on some engines can be off a fair bit and the engine will still run. It just won't work like it should.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Glen</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Monkeypants, post: 118435, member: 2708"] Mike Hawthorne sells nice mounted digital dial indicators made to thread into the Vincent heads. They aren't cheap, but well worth having. One could also make a set if you have a lathe. Another option- An old ugly set of valve caps could probably be used to mount the indicators. Seems I read in mph of someone doing that. I borrowed a very nice shop made set of mounted indicators from Dan Smith. Without the dial indicators it would be pretty tough to know exactly what is happening with the valve timing. Many decades ago I assembled a Matchless G80 from parts. Somehow I managed to get the valve timing wrong by one tooth. It started easily and ran but sounded like WW3. I was 13 years old ( my excuse) but knew something was wrong and eventually figured it out. I guess valve timing on some engines can be off a fair bit and the engine will still run. It just won't work like it should. Glen [/QUOTE]
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