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I have been driving the supra on sundays, since its not registered or inspected, etc. and running it on wed. for about 30 min. Well I went to drive it yesterday, and it wouldnt even sputter. I checked all the wiring that I had fixed from a previous problem, checked for fuel and spark. Well Im getting everything, so I tried to spray some either in the intake and didnt get anything(go figure). Any way I figured it might be something with the timing. So I took all the plugs out and checked the compresion, which was good, brought #1 to TDC. All the timimng marks are aligned with the nothces. So I started checking the valves, and they are all extremely tight. The book says .008 on INT and .010 on EXH, but I could barely get a .003 stuck in any of the valves. When I rotated it through all the valves moved in perspective. I guess my question is to adjust the valves do I still need to follow the equation in the book? Does anyone have any suggestions? Should I take out all the shims and just start from scratch? 7mgt by the way.

if it just wont start all of a sudden, I wouldn't even bother checking that. valve clearance will not go away from one day to the next..

does the engine turn?
check for codes and go from there...

yes check for codes!

link in sig :)

it turns over fine, ill check for codes. Thanx guys....and gals