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1. [oletrucks] Tappet adjustment (score: 1): Author: "Charles Culver" <sculver@iwl.net>; Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 18:49:09 -0600; 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 C; /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00143.html (7,869 bytes)
2. Re: [oletrucks] Tappet adjustment (score: 1): Author: Passnb4U@aol.com; Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 21:46:41 EST; know 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 firs; /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00148.html (8,317 bytes)
3. Re: [oletrucks] Tappet adjustment (score: 1): Author: "Gary Perry" <glperry@fwi.com>; Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 00:17:35 -0500; Guys, Seems to me the valves next to the ports that feed them or exhaust them would be a clue. Don't forget sometimes two in a row can still be exhaust or intake valves. ALSO, it tells this stuff in; /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00152.html (9,895 bytes)
4. Re: [oletrucks] Tappet adjustment (score: 1): Author: Passnb4U@aol.com; Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 02:17:42 EST; you Maybe Heck. Pick away...as I mentioned before, after the first time i set them, there has never been a need to reference the manuals again, and I still have my MoToRs and Shop manuals sitting clo; /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00154.html (9,098 bytes)
5. Re: [oletrucks] Tappet adjustment (score: 1): Author: "JULIE HUBER" <JHUBER@alltel.net>; Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 07:22:57 -0000; EIIEEIIEEIIE, E for exh, I for intake, know oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959; /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00155.html (8,807 bytes)
6. Re: [oletrucks] Tappet adjustment (score: 1): Author: New Mexico Jim <ADvent@thuntek.net>; Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 09:23:41 -0700; 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. oletrucks is devoted t; /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00162.html (9,264 bytes)
7. Re: [oletrucks] Tappet adjustment (score: 1): Author: "Doug Pewterbaugh" <dpewter@email.msn.com>; Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:48:38 -0600; All you need is an O or two & you'll sound like old McDonald! Regards, Doug Pewterbaugh dpewter@msn.com Denton, TX 49 3104 216 5-window a oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 194; /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00164.html (9,882 bytes)
8. Re: [oletrucks] Tappet adjustment (score: 1): Author: Tom3600@webtv.net; Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 07:49:43 -0600 (CST); IOIOIOIOIOIO So its of to work I go! Tom Poterack Moline, IL. '49 Chevy 3600 http://www.chevytrucks.org/users/wayne/tom49.jpg http://www.chevytrucks.org/users/wayne/tom49side1.jpg http://www.chevytr; /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00185.html (8,683 bytes)
9. [oletrucks] Tappet adjustment (score: 1): Author: "Charles Culver" <sculver@iwl.net>; Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 12:09:15 -0600; Now that I know the clearance for tappet adjustment, and the order of intake/exhaust valves (Thanks to all who answered), my next question involves how to set the tappets. As I recall from years ago,; /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00203.html (8,885 bytes)
10. Re: [oletrucks] Tappet adjustment (score: 1): Author: Passnb4U@aol.com; Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 15:15:06 EST; Yes, you can do it that way...if so...I'd suggest you just remove the plugs, and rotate the motor by hand, as oppsosed to bumping the starter. The only drawback that I see is the valves adjusted last; /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00205.html (9,303 bytes)
11. [oletrucks] tappet adjustment (score: 1): Author: 237459N@knotes.kodak.com; Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 07:51:44 -0500; I wish you luck and would like to hear the outcome. I did an adjustment to my '53 this summer. It was noisy, otherwise ran well (very well). I warmed up the engine thorougly, running around town doin; /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00221.html (8,865 bytes)
12. Re: [oletrucks] tappet adjustment (score: 1): Author: New Mexico Jim <ADvent@thuntek.net>; Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 07:34:35 -0700; What are you gapping the valve clearances at? oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959; /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00223.html (9,251 bytes)
13. RE: [oletrucks] tappet adjustment (score: 1): Author: "Armijo, Manuel L" <manuel.l.armijo@intel.com>; Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 06:51:00 -0800; Tappets? I had some issues with hydraulics, (couldn't get the adjustment right) so I went to solid lifters, and decided to abandon the manual. I tightened them down until there was no clearance, but; /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00225.html (9,650 bytes)
14. Re: [oletrucks] tappet adjustment (score: 1): Author: "Allen Jones" <jonesal@u.washington.edu>; Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 08:53:05 -0800; In days gone by, a dampener could be purchased and used inside the valve cover. It bolted to the top of the rockers to muffle valve lash noise (a big rectangular thing). I've only seen a couple of th; /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00243.html (9,645 bytes)
15. Re: [oletrucks] tappet adjustment (score: 1): Author: New Mexico Jim <ADvent@thuntek.net>; Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 07:39:15 -0700; In my teen-age years, I used to cut a piece of carpet and stick it in the valve cover. Can you say "HACK"? oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959; /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00250.html (10,119 bytes)
16. RE: [oletrucks] tappet adjustment (score: 1): Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>; Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 09:19:31 -0600; Wool carpet then. Today you'd probably use a synthetic of some kind to be compatible with your oil. In my teen-age years, I used to cut a piece of carpet and stick it in the valve cover. Can you say; /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00252.html (10,444 bytes)
17. Re: [oletrucks] tappet adjustment (score: 1): Author: New Mexico Jim <ADvent@thuntek.net>; Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 10:29:20 -0700; I was thinking about strands of the carpet going for a ride through the oil galleries. Eeeks, makes my skin crawl just thinking about it. oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 194; /html/oletrucks/2000-11/msg00256.html (11,095 bytes)

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