7 sounds like the right number to me.
I've found the tool to be not very useful. If any of the tappets stick
just a little, such that you problem wouldn't notice with a screwdriver
and wrench, it will fail and hang up. And maybe you don't notice.
I have a few that stick a bit. I used it once, but ended up checking
everything with the feeler gauge anyway. So it didn't save any time.
Mostly, it saves a hand.
John Graham wrote:
> I just received the Gunson's Clik-Adjust that I ordered recently and
> tried it out last night for the first time. One of the first things
> that you have to do is to 'calibrate' the tool (actually experiment with
> different feeler gauge thicknesses) so you will know how many clicks
> gives you the .015 tappet gap.
>
> Just curious here, if al the adjusters on MGBs are the same thread and
> so forth, wouldn't the same number of clicks to get the proper gap be
> the same on all of the B engines? Just for the record, the number of
> clicks that I came up with was 7. There seemed to be about the right
> amount of play in the tappets after that and the engine ran fine (and
> with no perceptible tappet noise). I suppose that if I set them too
> tight, they would be quiet to boot. Any other experiences with the
> Clik-Adjust tool out there? WFIW, I got mine from LBCarCo.
>
> John Graham
> '70 B
> Charlotte, NC
>
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