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| | | | Joined: May 2009 Posts: 132 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2009 Posts: 132 | I'm not having much luck searching the forum, so here goes.
I'm assembling a '58 235 with solid lifters. Most of the charts give valve clearance for a HOT engine. What is the correct clearance for the initial (cold) adjustment???
Gary | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | Don't know if this is "correct" but I set my 216 to the specified lash cold which was close enough to start the engine, then reset to correct after normalizing the engine temp. Worked for me.
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 461 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 461 | You can give the rockers a 2-3 thousandths more lash cold, then adjust to the specification hot- .008" and .015", intake and exhaust, if I remember correctly. I don't have the specification at my finger tips, but I'm sure someone else has.
Harvester | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 |
Hot Settings:
0.006" Intake
0.018" Exhaust
Harvester's cold lash "add-on" looks good. Some Shop Manuals say to "roughly set the valve clearances to make sure the valves have clearances". Some people say to set them up to 0.005" wider than the hot settings.
| | | | | Joined: May 2009 Posts: 132 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2009 Posts: 132 | Amazing how quickly the responses arrive on this forum.
I just set them at .008 and .015 as I need to get them someplace close. Looks like I am now OK for initial start.
I still have quite a bit to do before I can crank it. I have not even started on sorting thru my generators and starters. I will try to get a new oil pump tomorrow, and I still have to decide what I am going to do about the water pump. The old water pump (one of them) looks good, but I will have to find a large diameter pulley that is shorter, and see if I can press the whole mess together. If not, I will order a spendy pump.
Thanks for the quick and reassuring responses.
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