SETTING VALVES +4
The quick way to set your valves is to first remove the rocker cover
and spark plugs, then jack up one* rear wheel. Put the car in high gear. Now
turn the rear wheel forward by hand, you kinda "bump" it. Watch the rockers
move. You can see them from the rear of the car.
With the TR engine firing order you can follow the "rule of nines".
The number of the rocker that's down plus the number of the rocker that you
then adjust always totals nine. When 1 is down, adjust 8, when 2 is down
adjust 7, when 3 is down adjust 6, and so on.
VALVE SETTING TOOL TIP
Use "go, no-go" feeler gages. See Sec#10 and make a separate
valve-setting tool. Believe it or not, a good tool will help insure that you
do a good job! They are quicker and usually result in more accurate settings.
These are feelers with the end ground, usually. 002. The .010 gage will be
.010 on the end and .012 farther up. Once you set the valve using the ground
portion of the blade, you then slide the gage on in and make sure that the
.012 section does not fit.
If you use the rubber rocker gasket and have glued the gasket to the
rocker cover like I have suggested, you can pop off the cover, jack the
wheel, adjust the valves, button everything up, and be back on the road in
fifteen minutes.
A loose valve is noisy, wears quicker, and robs power. A tight valve
burns. Set 'em right and often.
fred sisson
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