BRAVO Liv,
It's really not that hard.....
Let's find a way to make the Spits not leak oil, water in the interior,
rust, overheat, tranny's die, clutch cylinders fade, brake cylinders fail,
thrust bearings last forever, and 250 HP from a stock motor !
-----Original Message-----
From: Livia Haasper [mailto:wilivhaasper@sympatico.ca]
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 10:26 PM
To: Michael D. Porter; Bill Miller
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: tappets
I have to jump in here because just yesterday afternoon I was adjusting the
valve lash after torquing down the engine. Being inexperienced in mechanics,
I followed the Haines in torquing down the engine hot and then, adjusting
the valves on a cool engine to specifications. To my surprise, the next
thing I hear is that this could have maybe done on a hot engine with maybe
better accuracy. Somewhat surprised, I was now questioning the specification
for this procedure, but since nobody seemed to know, I opted to stay with
the known facts and play it safe. No sense in playing around with unknowns
and risking burning out a cylinder. Let common sense prevail. My 2 cents.
Liv
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