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Not to doubt a resident 22re master but at TDC exhaust you are at the end of exhaust stroke and begining of intake stroke and in theory both rockers should be just barely on the valves but if you're slightly into intake, ie just past TDC, wouldn't the afore mentioned symptoms hold true?



You're right, but that's besides the point. If the cam timing is good, and if he's at ZERO deg, then half the valves should be ready to adjust. 360 crank (or 180 cam) degrees later, the other half of the valves can be adjusted.