Date:         Sat, 2 Apr 2005 00:45:24 -0500
Reply-To:     tabe johnson <xtabe@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         tabe johnson <xtabe@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Hydraulic Valve adjustment - when is "contact"?
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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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