So I've read all the archived stuff about hydraulic valve adjustment since 2002. Read Bob Donalds' page. Putting my new-head-gaskets engine back together. I tried to adjust my valves to one turn past contact but I can't decide where contact is! I push even lightly on the bottom (pushrod side) of the rocker arm to preload it, then tighten the adjusting screw. Even pushing lightly, I'm compressing the lifter a bit I think. Do I just have to guess at it, then wait till I can run the engine a while to pump up the lifters, or is there some way of doing the adjustment with the engine on the stand where it is now?
Thanks all, tabe johnson/87 westy/vancouver bc (never had a vent window broken)
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