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Re: Adjusting valves without a feeler guage

To: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>, mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Adjusting valves without a feeler guage
From: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 10:20:28 -0500
At 10:40 PM 7/31/02 -0700, Larry Colen wrote:
>I'm not suggesting that you actually adjust your valves without a guage, 
>but .... if I tighten the valve until it is just touching, then back it 
>off 3/8 of a turn, it is really close to .015"....

Uh, not that close.  The screw is 24 threads per inch.  The rocker arm 
ratio is 1.42:1, so that amplifies the motion of the screw.  As the 
calculation goes,
0.015/1.42 x 24 = 0.25 turns.
Easier than you thought?

Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg

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