jhardy
Well-Known Member
Hey guys. so i have a basic understanding of how an engine runs. im not the smartest guy ever lol but i can typically figure things out. here is my question/situation.
thinking about doing some trading. in the trade i will be receiving a samurai that is not currently running. the current owner tells me that it is back-firing thru the carb. and he says it needs to be put into timing. i asked why it was out of timing and he says he had a broke rocker arm so he replaced the head with a new gasket. Ive done some research on how to set the timing on the samurai and it seems pretty straight forward even though i have never set the timing on something. but i also read that the valves could be to tight and thats why it is not starting and it is back firing thru the carb.
so my question is
1 is this a job that a guy thats never done this before can handle?/ and what if it is not the timing or valves being to tight
i believe if i were to sell it without fixing it i could make a few buck off of it. so im not to worried about not being able to fix it but the samurai is in place of cash to add to the trade and i thought well it would be fun to have another samurai and was kinda like a bonus. trading my 4runner for a bass tracker boat and the samurai.
might seem like an easy fix to some but i dont know much about engine performance or how to diagnose and correct problems. thanks
thinking about doing some trading. in the trade i will be receiving a samurai that is not currently running. the current owner tells me that it is back-firing thru the carb. and he says it needs to be put into timing. i asked why it was out of timing and he says he had a broke rocker arm so he replaced the head with a new gasket. Ive done some research on how to set the timing on the samurai and it seems pretty straight forward even though i have never set the timing on something. but i also read that the valves could be to tight and thats why it is not starting and it is back firing thru the carb.
so my question is
1 is this a job that a guy thats never done this before can handle?/ and what if it is not the timing or valves being to tight
i believe if i were to sell it without fixing it i could make a few buck off of it. so im not to worried about not being able to fix it but the samurai is in place of cash to add to the trade and i thought well it would be fun to have another samurai and was kinda like a bonus. trading my 4runner for a bass tracker boat and the samurai.
might seem like an easy fix to some but i dont know much about engine performance or how to diagnose and correct problems. thanks