Thread: Valve adjusting
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Old 09-03-2019, 09:28 PM   #47
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Default Re: Valve adjusting

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Originally Posted by ford38v8 View Post
I had Chevy 6's back in the day, which were easy peasy to adjust while running. The last one I did was in a '55 tudor, back in 1968. As I recall, the only real messes were due to being too cheap to install a new valve cover gasket when you're done.
Trouble with those Chevies was that the valve stems wore into the rocker arm faces and would chew up a feeler gauge if you tried to adjust while running! You couldn't get an accurate adjustment with the engine off, either.
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