Gee Larry, 3/8 is about 2 and a quarter flats as I calculate it. Which do
you suppose is easiest to guess with a wrench and screw driver in your hand?
Interesting thought. I had a nut strip off once while I was driving, but
fortunately I made it home before I got to fix it. The result was an intake
manifold with the end toward the firewall blown out. Quite noisy and only
about 2 blocks from home. That taught me not to tighten the nuts quite so
tight when adjusting the valves. The plug that came out of the end of the
intake manifold was caught on a ledge and made it back home with me. Just
another MG adventure that turned out OK.
Dave 72 B
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Colen" <lrcar@red4est.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 10:40 PM
Subject: Adjusting valves without a feeler guage
I'm not suggesting that you actually adjust your valves without a
guage, but to get the gap close, I fiddled and figured out that if I
tighten the valve until it is just touching, then back it off 3/8 of a
turn, it is really close to .015". Probably close enough if you find
yourself on the side of the road with a loose valve adjustment and no
feeler guage.
I'm sure that If I figured out the pitch of the thread, I could
calculate it exactly, but I thought that this might come in handy for
someone in one of those weird side of the road repair situations.
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listen to. Oldies stations that play the "new" music I used to complain
about.
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