Dana,
I know that you said that your valves needed to be adjusted while the
engine was running - it looks as if this is designed to be used with the
engine stopped. I know that is how I've always adjusted the valves of
my MGB that way, as far as I know all the old British cars that this is
designed for have solid lifters that are typically adjusted with the
engine shut off - I don't know if this makes a difference or not.
Kevin '49 Chevy Wrecker '51 Chevy 3100
Dana Muise wrote:
>Thanks for all those who responded to my valve question, I was doing some
>digging on the net and I came across a web site that sells a valve tappet
>adjusting tool like I was describing:
>http://www.lbcarco.com/cgi-bin/gen5?nextform=/gunson.html&o=&a=&t=_top
>scroll down a little till you see the . " CLIK-ADJUST" It's made for British
>cars, but it appears you can use any socket.
>They also have an interesting article on why a standard feeler gauge fails to
>measure the concave wear point on a typical valve tappet.
>http://www.mgcars.org.uk/MG_Elec-Tech/Clikadjust_0.html
>I'm going to order one, if it doesn't work out I'll just give it to my Dad
>(he's got a '68 MGB GT)
>
>-Dana
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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