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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,696 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,696 | Is .010 - intake and .020 - exhaust a typical starting point for valve adjustment when you are rebuilding your rocker arm assembly?
Then, I assume that once you get the motor warmed up, you readjust the valves closer to .008 & .015 ?
Craig My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
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See the USA in your vintage Chevrolet! My Blog | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 54 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 54 | I was told to set new valve adjustment (cold) at 0.05 over the hot adjustment on solid lifter engines. Then readjust after warm up. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 808 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 808 | I just did this. I decided to do a cold adjustment at three thousandths wider than spec. So mine was .009 for intakes and .019 for exhaust. I ran it yesterday and it clacks a bit but will be doing a hot adjustment today. Even with the wider gaps, it's quieter now that I'm actually getting oil to the rockers. That wasn't the case earlier and they were really noisy.
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,262 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,262 | I was told to set new valve adjustment (cold) at 0.05 over the hot adjustment on solid lifter engines. Then readjust after warm up. Roberr54, My guess is that you mean .005, as described in the valve-adjustment section in the Shop Manual? | | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,696 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,696 | I just did this. I decided to do a cold adjustment at three thousandths wider than spec. So mine was .009 for intakes and .019 for exhaust. I ran it yesterday and it clacks a bit but will be doing a hot adjustment today. Even with the wider gaps, it's quieter now that I'm actually getting oil to the rockers. That wasn't the case earlier and they were really noisy. Sounds like my beast which also wasn't getting any oil to it's rocker arm assembly. Today I'll finish installing and do the cold adjust.
Craig My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 54 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 54 | Yes you are right. My mistake | | |
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