Proper valve lash?
Racer
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 275
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From: South Bend, Indiana
Originally Posted by tpiini
Or go to any decent parts store and buy a set of rocker oil deflector clips. They snap onto the rockers so you can run the engine without the valve covers and the oil that squirts out of the push rods is deflected to the stud instead of showering your fenders.
I also used the deflectors. I don't know if this is the right way but it always worked for me and the adjusting part was done in less than 5 mnutes of running (hyd lifters). I would back each one off until I heard the clatter. Then turn them back just until the noise stopped, hence zero lash. Then shut off the engine and turn each one to the preload you use. Otherwise the engine would tend to stall trying to set the preload while running. If there is something wrong with this method, somebody let me know.
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 1,532
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From: Fairview Heights Illinois, near Saint Louis MO, STL C3 Shark
that is probably pretty good cause like you said, if you go for the full 1/2 a turn while running it will tend to want to stall out.
Now, why would it stall while adjusting the preload while running, but run just fine if you do that part and then start it?
Now, why would it stall while adjusting the preload while running, but run just fine if you do that part and then start it?
