[Shotimes] 60,000 mile check -- tools and supplies

[George Fourchy]

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 16:06:53 -0800, Al Fitz wrote:

> I know I'll
>hear a bunch of shit about that but it is so unusual to find one that needs
>re-shimmed if the car has had regular oil changes.

I'll agree with Al on this....as many of you older listmembers know, my car went
201k before the cam covers came off, and there was one valve that was .02 off of the
desired spec.  We changed that shim so I'd see how it was done, but the others are
still the way they came from the factory.  That was 62k miles ago.  That was also
the only valve adjustment it'll get on its way to 300K miles.

Its replacement has a +/- 70K  3.2 engine blessed by Mark Nunnally.  Unless I hear
something REALLY strange coming from it, it won't ever get a valve adjustment during
its admittedly more leisurely journey to the ripe old age of 30 years.  Oil changes
every 3K miles are the secret, and I'm sticking with it.

George