<VV> Re: Valve Adjustment

[vairologist@juno.com]

> From: Tony <tonyu@roava.net>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Re: Valve Adjustment
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> >Smitty says:   Seriously though, what do
> >the confused people that believe in the "hot and running" valve
> >adjustments do when they run up against a collapsed lifter?  Do 
> they crank it in till it stops clicking and then give it another half 
> turn?
Tony Sez----------------------------- 
> Well, if they have any sense they'll see the extra threads on the 
> stud, notice that the rocker nut keeps turning with no effect on a
rocker that's 
> extremely loose and noisy, and note that the lifter has a problem and
then fix 
> it.    In fact, if they have much sense at all they'd note that the
lifter was 
> collapsed before they touched the nut with a socket after simply noting
how 
> the rattling rocker behaved when the engine was running.   
----------------------smit----------------
 Smitty says:  I might have bought that explanation a couple of days ago.
 Since then you admitted that you not only sniff gas, you taste it. 
Hurts your credibility.  Or is that Hertz