box valves

Thanks to those who made posts about shim removal - tools, tricks, and, of course, canned air I have the valve shim tool. A small set of pick tools. And a few retractable magnets. The hero of the story is canned air. I was trying to take the shims out with the tools and magnets, but they...

[Continued from Valve Adjustment Part Two-A: https://xwebforums.com/forum/index.php?threads/valve-adjustment-part-two-a.25497/#post-212035] Once you get the shim out, you'll see that it is just a metal disc (precision ground and hardened of course) approx. 33mm in diameter. Each shim would...

Continued from Valve Adjustment, Part Two-B: https://xwebforums.com/forum/index.php?threads/valve-adjustment-part-two-b.34270/#post-291964 In this last Valve Adjustment segment, you'll learn how to calculate the shim size needed and how to install the shims. Up to this point, we've removed...

[Continued from Valve Adjustment, Part One http://xwebforums.com/forum/index.php?threads/25490/ ] In Part One we removed the cam top cover, measured our existing clearances, and recorded them. Now we are ready to remove and measure our shims. The new forum software allows 10 pics per post...

One of my recent projects was to do a valve adjustment. My '86 has 39,600 miles on it and I have no idea when the valves were adjusted last, so I put it on the docket. The shop manual calls for a cold adjustment, meaning that the engine should not have been run in the 6-8 hours preceding the...