<VV> Valve adjustment

[J R Read_HML]

The '61 manual - page 6A-53 and the '65 manual - page 6-22, item 9. 
Virtually the same wording - so "cold" per '65 manual.  I never had a '64 
and don't have that (I assume) supplement.
Later, JR

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'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Smitty" <vairologist at cox.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 10:59 AM
Subject: <VV> Valve adjustment


> Smitty Says;
   In the 61 Basic manual it tells how
> to adjust the valves cold.  It never addresses adjusting them hot.  In the
> 64 manual it describes how to adjust them hot and running.  I didn't check
> the 65 manual.

> My logic and experience has shown me that when they have been adjusted 
> cold
> during engine assembly there is no reason to touch them again because when 
> a
> problem arises it has never been an adjustment problem.  It has always 
> been
> a faulty (dirty or broken) lifter, bad cam, bent pushrod, sticking valve,
> worn valve guide.  Good luck on adjusting that away in a hot oil bath.
>