[DML] Re: Valve adjustment?

["Matt Spittle" <supermatty@xxxxxxx>]

All done.  The toughest part, in my opinion, was making sure I was 
pressing the feeler gauge in "straight" without putting it in at an 
angle.  Out of the 12 valves, about 7 or 8 needed small amounts of 
adjusting.  Mostly I found that when they did need adjustment, the 
intake valves were too loose and the exhaust valves were too tight.  
I made sure to re-check each valve after tightening it.  

I used the feeler gauge that corresponded to the larger end of the 
tolerance region so that if anything, my valves might be too loose 
rather than too tight.  I generally accepted it to be a correct fit 
when I could move the feeler gauge relatively easily and have it 
make a "zipper-like" sound in between the rocker and the cam lobe. 

I suppose there are several methods to adjust the valves, but I did 
the same method as mentioned in the workshop manual because it only 
requires you to rotate the engine twice.  Once to get it lined up 
for TDC for cylinder #1, and then once more to get it 360 degrees 
after that.  

thanks for all of the lively responses,

Matt
#1604








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