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#29467 06/01/2004 3:00 AM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 9 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 9 | Does this method work on the 230s like it does on a SBC? Yes stock motor, hydraulic lifters........ "Loosen until it clatters. Then tighten it back up just until it's quiet. Then tighten down a 1/2 to 3/4 of a turn. Leaving 10 seconds in between 1/4 turns." lmk,Bill  | | |
#29468 06/01/2004 3:22 AM | Joined: Jan 1970 Posts: 365 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 1970 Posts: 365 | | | |
#29469 06/01/2004 12:13 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 110 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 110 | Just a little tip that may help. If you have an old valve cover around that you don't care about, cut a whole large enough over each adjuster so a socket will fit through and put it on with a gasket for adjusting. Keeps most of the oil from spattering up your inner fenders and fire wall. The system you described is the one I use, but check your manual for proper back off turns. Could be anywhere from 1/2 to one full turn. Varies with engines. 3/4 is what I see most.
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#29470 06/03/2004 1:43 PM | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 4 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 4 | When I did mine, I just laid a shop rag over the ones I wasn't adusting... no problem, no mess.
MaydayMike
'64 Biscayne 230/pg
MaydayMike
1964 Biscayne
230, Powerglide, no power nuthin'!
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#29471 06/03/2004 4:43 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,792 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,792 | That method is terribly messy and inaccurate, too. It's much simpler to do the adjustment with the engine stopped. Just be sure the cylinder you're adjusting is on top dead center with both valves closed. Either use the distributor rotor to indicate which cylinder is ready to fire, (top of the compression stroke, both valves closed), or use the "companion cylinder" method I've described several times. You couldn't bribe me to do a running adjustment on a hydraulic-lifter engine!
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