Re: [Amc-list] So - how do you adjust valve lash hot and running?

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce,

Adusting the valves like to did with the engine running is fine.  You will develop a feel or "touch" for how tight the valve stem grips the feeler gauge with the engine running.  I'd say you did good and if you have no excessive valve noise, they are almost assuredly close enough.  However, you can (with the warmed up and turned engine off) roll the engine manually and re-check the valves individually.  Warm it up and learn how to check that the lifter is on the base circle of the cam when you are checking the valve adjustment.

Joe Fulton 


--- On Fri, 10/3/08, Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Amc-list] So - how do you adjust valve lash hot and running?
> To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, October 3, 2008, 9:31 AM
> It's a 1965 Cast Iron 195.6 OHV. Page 3 of the TSM has a
> pic of
> adjusting the valve lash on the 195.6OHV. I could really
> use a video,
> darn.
> 
> I think I'll double check what I did and try and take a
> quick digital
> film. My camera is good for a few minutes worth of video -
> and that
> should be enough to show adjusting one or two valves.
> 
> So: warm up engine
>       figure out intake versus exhaust
>       pop off valve cover
>       restart engine
>       set intake to .012, exhaust to .016
>           (turning towards radiator to tighten, towards
> firewall to
> loosen? or the other way around? I gotta go turn some to
> double check)
>       if still noisy, tighten up the tolerances a bit
> 
> I did stand in front of the car and reach back. I think I
> broke a
> cardinal rule of working on cars, by leaning over a running
> fan. Major
> idiot move. I'll have to hit them from the side.
> 
> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Jim Blair
> <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I haven't been paying attention to what motor. Are
> you sure it's not hydraulic lifters?
> >
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