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