Re: Ticking noise

[Cory Carpenter <coryc@sequent.com>]

berry writes:
>I once saw someone adjust the valves on a Sprite, I think it was, WITH THE 
>ENGINE RUNNING.
>Anyone ever see this before?  He claimed he could tell when the
>clearance was right by sliding the feeler gauge around; I tried it and
>it seemed to work.

Well, I once saw my dad try it on a solid-lifter V8... unfortunately, he
tightened the adjusters down too far and bent about half the pushrods
he'd just replaced... .

I suspect that it's an acquired skill.

-coryc