I used the method, posted on the tech tip section here on stovebolt. Truck sounds good and fires up right now.
http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/valveadjustment.htmction.


Joe - (Buckeye Bowtie)
"Remember it takes about 2850 bolts to built a Chevy Truck and only 1 NUT to scatter them all over the highway"

1950 3100
1971 C-10
1939 Buick Century