Originally Posted by ApacheFiend
...Shop Manual... usually has step by step...
I thought so too, but recently looked for valve adjusting instructions in the Chevy manual and they're not included.
Perhaps this was so simple back in the day that it wasn't necessary to write it out, did everyone know how to put the cam on the base circle for each cylinder and adjust the valves?
Was valve adjusting instinctual then and not now?

Here's the page, it says:
....5. Adjust the valve clearances as follows:" (and what follows is just the clearance, no instruction.)
....6. Install rocker arm cover...
http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/shop/1948_51truck/51ctsm0607.htm

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