23 Apr 12 07:46, TOM WALKER wrote to MARK LEWIS:


 ML>> MH> I have never done anything like that, nor would be brave enough
 ML>> to
 ML>> MH> work on the open engine while it was running.

 ML>> really?? this was the normal SOP "back in the day"...
you made the
 ML>> rough adjustments to the valves and then fired it up so as to place
 ML>> the feeler gua in the slots while the engine was running to ensure
 ML>> that the gap was proper while running... the only real
"gotcha" was
 ML>> watching out for the oil pumping out of the push rods... it could
 ML>> get real messy at times ;)

 TW> Particualrlt if workign on a Corvair engine. I had three of those. A
 TW> 1963 Van, A 1965 Corsa and later I put a corvair engine and automatic
 TW> transmission in a 1971 VW van.

Was Ralph Nader right about those cars? IMNSHO, I thought he was full of
crap...

 TW> I had a set of Valve covers cut in half for adjusting the valves on
 TW> those engines.

Didn't they have rockers like the V8s, where you could buy a set of spring
clips to cover the pushrod oil hole?

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