RE: Valve Clearance

["Brian Hollands" <bhollan4@tampabay.rr.com>]

Aren't you supposed to subtract .002 from the spec for a cold
adjustment?
Sounded right to me.

Brian Hollands
CSP '69 Datsun 2000
Tampa, FL
web.Tampabay.rr.com/oilleak
 
> Today I checked the clearance on the valves, what I
> found was that the intake are .006 and the exhaust are
> .010. The "manual" that I have (DrDatsun) lists the
> spec at .008 for intake and .012 for exhaust.
>
> Should I reset them to the specs? Why may the PO have
> set them this way?