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Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling? 801curt #1013180 03/10/2014 11:49 AM
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 Bracebridge Ontario Canada truckernix 'Bolter
truckernix 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 Bracebridge Ontario Canada	Exhaust valves run much hotter than intake valves so they can increase in length more. When adjusting using feelers, it is easier to detect that the next gauge up is too tight or one before is too loose. 1951 GMC 1 Ton Flatbed -- It is finally on the road and what a great time I have driving it! 1951 1 Ton Completed My Chevy Master 4 Door is on the Road!

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	801curt	03/10/2014 2:52 AM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	DADS50	03/10/2014 3:04 AM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	Allen Lane	03/10/2014 3:53 AM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	Hotrod Lincoln	03/10/2014 3:04 AM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	Goob	03/10/2014 3:12 AM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	tclederman	03/10/2014 3:12 AM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	wetwilly5757	03/10/2014 3:16 AM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	801curt	03/10/2014 3:17 AM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	Hotrod Lincoln	03/10/2014 3:46 AM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	Allen Lane	03/10/2014 3:57 AM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	Hotrod Lincoln	03/10/2014 4:15 AM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	Allen Lane	03/10/2014 5:16 AM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	Cletis	03/10/2014 6:03 AM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	CASO	03/10/2014 6:04 AM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	AeroBolt	03/10/2014 6:32 AM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	truckernix	03/10/2014 11:49 AM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	Denny Graham	03/10/2014 1:43 PM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	crenwelge	03/11/2014 2:59 AM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	coilover	03/11/2014 6:34 AM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	pfarber	03/11/2014 4:12 PM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	Denny Graham	03/11/2014 4:29 PM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	don stocker	03/11/2014 5:11 PM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	Denny Graham	03/11/2014 8:24 PM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	pfarber	03/12/2014 8:26 PM
Re: How do you adjust valves while the truck is idling?	pfarber	03/12/2014 8:40 PM

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