Valve Adjustment Gadgets
Re: The vernier valve adjuster...
Me: I WANT IT! I WANT IT!
Them: No, Jerry, you can't have it. All your money is gone to "home
Improvement".
Me: "No, it can't be... ( Sob, Moan, Whimper ) I want it....
Maybe I can do without it. Let's see, in my experience, valves need to be
adjusted to an accuracy of an eighth of a turn or so. If I go up to my
well-adjusted car, I can find out how many turns from zero clearance each of my
valves is... Hopefully, they will all be more or less the same. Then I can
note this down. Or, I can pull out an adjuster, find out the pitch of the
thread, and calculate how many turns gets me my proper clearance. Probably a
good sanity check on the first way... Then, all I should need, is a
screwdriver with a pointer stuck to the side of it.
- Jerry
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