<VV> Noisy lifter

[MarK Durham]

Not to mention the fact that adjusting them hot is a more accurate way,
because at the very moment the lifter goes quiet is actual zero lash.
Adjusting cold is a guess. Not that it matters if you are a quarter turn
off, but I just want it right.
Mark Durham
Hauser ID
62 Coupe
On Mar 18, 2015 6:52 AM, "hallgrenn via VirtualVairs" <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

>
> Right on Frank!!!
>
> Bob Hall
>
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>
> <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Frank DuVal via
> VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> </div><div>Date:03/17/2015  10:55
> PM  (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> </div><div>Subject: Re: <VV> Noisy lifter </div><div>
> </div>Them's fighting words!
>
> And after a good hot oil bath I'm ready for a fight!   ggg
>
> Sure, cold is the shop manual and GM way to do it. But who listens to
> those experts?   ggg
>
> Then there is the 3 threads and you are done crowd. Or pick another
> number. These are the threads exposed on the stud after tightening the nut.
>
> The only purpose I find in adjusting hot is locating stuck lifters. When
> one doesn't pump back down to quiet, there is the problem. Well, that
> and the lovely hot oil treatments for my skin...
>
> Back in the 70s and 80s I worked on a lot of high miles no care engines
> for everyday drivers. This is when the "must adjust hot" theory came
> about, to find problems, or just to make them work. many a Corvair left
> with a "solid" lifter adjusted to just near quiet. But at least it
> didn't leak oil.
>
> Oh, and adjusting them hot usually got the push rod to seat properly,
> which is the only bugaboo for people trying to adjust them cold/not
> running.
>
> And one more thing if you order now - you can really see too high an oil
> pressure when adjusting them hot. Quite surprising how much oil can come
> out of a push rod with a stuck pressure relief valve.
>
> Adjusting cold is so anti-climatic. No pain, just a running engine.
>
> Frank DuVal
>
>
> On 3/17/2015 9:53 PM, Dennis Pleau via VirtualVairs wrote:
> > Adjust them cold.  No reason to adjust them hot.
> >
> > dp
>
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