Now you can take this any way you want BUT back in the day, i used a hacksaw
blade to set the valves on a hot eng. worked for Me.!!
Pat 67 SS
(never burnt a valve)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob & Margie J." <rjjmsj@charter.net>
To: <old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com>; "_Oletrucks"
<oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 7:39 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] adjusting valves-cold
> I have the details on setting the valves (ie. the order and which to do at
> which time), so I know more or less HOW to do it, but everything I've
found
> only gives the "hot" settings. .008/.018. The manual says that the cold
> settings can vary as much as .005", and since I am trying to get in the
> "ballpark" with a cold engine, how do I get in that ballpark? I assume I
want
> my valves a bit too loose, rather than a bit too tight, so that I can get
it
> hot, and then set them to the final setting...so, what would be the right
> setting to start with? Tighter or looser than the hot settings? Seems
looser
> is the right answer, as when everything heats up, the metal should all
expand,
> thereby reducing the gap...but just HOW much is too loose, and how much is
not
> loose enough?
>
> Rob
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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