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| | | | Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 299 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 299 | I'm in the process of putting my engine back together. I just got it back from the machine shop. My friend wants to know how to adjust the solid lifters in a newly rebuilt engine.
Thanks Steve
Elmo | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,851 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,851 | Adjust the valve lash to .002" over the "hot" specification during assembly. There will be a little noise during the initial run-in, but the valves won't tighten up and possibly burn. After 20-30 minutes' cam break-in time, shut down and use the companion cylinder method of valve adjustment to tweak the clearance. It should be pretty close. I've done that with several hundred new engines.
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,922 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,922 | If you have good understanding of the 4-stroke cycle, you don't need a method. Just do one cylinder at a time.
The methods save some steps and engine rotations, but all result in the same condition. | | |
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