follow the intake runners to the head. where the intake mouts to the head, that
where the intake valve is. if i recall from memory correctly, the very front one
is the exhaust.
Passnb4U@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 11/5/00 5:24:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, sculver@iwl.net
> writes:
>
> > Can someone tell me the specs on tappet clearance (intake and exhaust) on a
> > '59 235? And if they are not the same for intake and exhaust, how do I
> know
> > which is which?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Smokey Culver, League City, Texas
>
> Smokey,
>
> I set mine at ...intake .006 and exh .018, at an idle...after running for
> about 20 minutes at 1200 rpms or so.
>
> Don't recall off the top of my head to tell which is which...after the first
> time I set them, I never needed to try and figure it out..they're alway
> pretty close when I check'em...i/e the .018 gauge won't fit in the intake.
>
> Mike
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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