400ex gasket kit?

[xX-Clutch-Xx]

im rebuilding a 400ex and now aside from the timing and cam chain tensioner, it runs. I got a cometic gasket kit and all the metal gaskets are install but i have a ton of mohagony colored o rings and blue dowel looking things. What are these for and where do they go?

[xX-Clutch-Xx]

and also the silver disk looking ones, theres two and idk if theyre exhaust gaskets or what

[01boneless]

the o rigs are for you valve adjustment caps and the blue dowls if rubber i would think it the valve seals and the other things might but crush gaskets but IDK

[Stickman400]

Damn, I hope my gasket kit didn't come with new valve seals, because I already had my local shop order new ones. Oh well.

[dxcody]

Originally posted by Stickman400
Damn, I hope my gasket kit didn't come with new valve seals, because I already had my local shop order new ones. Oh well.

Yea the little dowell looking things are valve seals, i believe mine were greenish but yea thats what they are and as stated about the red-ish o rings are for the 4 valve adjustment caps.

99% of the time those orings dont go bad, but if you have new, why not replace them

[CJM]

It always comes with a ton of extra seals and gaskets, some are useful and some IDK wtf they are for, I always have a bunch left over.

[xX-Clutch-Xx]

i figured it out but i dont have that head torqued down right and it leaked not even 4 drops of oil. can i torque it down right or do i have to take it off and clean the gasket ?

[01boneless]

just torque it down right

[xX-Clutch-Xx]

cool cool. i love how i can post a reply and 15 min later my answer has arrived haha. love this site

[xX-Clutch-Xx]

i just put the motor of this 400ex together and it starts and runs fine but when you give it a little gas and its kinda funny when its lowering back down. it doesnt backfire or anything and it might be the 11:1 compression but i dont know. when your putting the timing chain on and the motors at tdc, do the marks on the sprocket go horizontal with the ground or the head of the motor? all the cam lobes face down and the difference is just a few degrees

[01boneless]

they line up with the top of the head and all lobes must facedown!

[xX-Clutch-Xx]

Ok then its only about 1 or 2 teeth off. Cool

[CJM]

The 2 marks line up with the head with the other mark facing up, and yes lobes down.