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Date:         Wed, 12 Jan 2000 20:44:12 EST
Reply-To:     kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Hydraulic lifter valve clearance settings on a 1600 aircooled
Comments: To: pmarston@INSTECH.CO.UK

Phil; Throughout the whole "too-ing & fro-ing" I have never heard of leaving any amount of clearance with hydraulic lifters. Ther should always be some amount of turns after contact.

Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe For Sale: 61 AustinHealey Sprite(not Bugeye);Daily driver $2500

On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 13:10:33 -0000 Phil Marston <pmarston@INSTECH.CO.UK> writes: >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > >------=_NextPart_000_004A_01BF5C35.3E4080E0 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >Please excuse me raising this subject again but there has been so much >= >too-ing & fro-ing that I just wanted to summarise what had been said >in = >my own mind that I can actually go ahead and put it into practise this >= >weekend. >When I recently re-built my engine I followed the Haynes manual when = >adjusting the tappets and pre-loaded the hydraulic tappets by getting >to = >the point where the assembly took up all of the slack and then added a >= >couple of extra turns. >It now appears that general concensus is that I should have in fact >made = >not pre-loaded but instead backed off slightly & set a gap of about = >.006". >(This is with a cold engine that has been standing overnight). >Is this correct or have I mis-understood ? > >I have not checked the compression yet with my present settings but >the = >lack of power and ease of turning over the engine indicates that = >something is not quite right. >What compression should I be after with a new set of pistons, barrels >& = >heads ? > >Thanks in advance >Phil >81 Type 25 > > >------=_NextPart_000_004A_01BF5C35.3E4080E0 >Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> ><HTML><HEAD> ><META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = >http-equiv=3DContent-Type> ><META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> ><STYLE></STYLE> ></HEAD> ><BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Please excuse me raising this subject >= >again but=20 >there has been so much too-ing &amp; fro-ing that I just wanted to = >summarise=20 >what had been said&nbsp;in my own mind that I can actually go ahead >and = >put it=20 >into practise this weekend.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>When I recently re-built my engine I >= >followed the=20 >Haynes manual when adjusting the tappets and pre-loaded the hydraulic >= >tappets by=20 >getting to the point where the assembly took up all of the slack and = >then added=20 >a couple of extra turns.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It now appears that general concensus >= >is that I=20 >should have in fact made not pre-loaded but instead backed off >slightly = >&amp;=20 >set a gap of about .006".</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(This is with a cold engine that has >= >been standing=20 >overnight).</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Is this correct or have I = >mis-understood=20 >?</FONT></DIV> ><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have not checked the compression >yet = >with my=20 >present settings but the lack of power and ease of turning over the = >engine=20 >indicates that something is not quite right.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>What compression should I be after >with = >a new set=20 >of pistons, barrels &amp; heads ?</FONT></DIV> ><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks in advance</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Phil</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>81 Type 25</FONT></DIV> ><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV></BODY></HTML> > >------=_NextPart_000_004A_01BF5C35.3E4080E0--

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