valve shim removal

  1. Dave Fusco

    Valves and Shims - Canned Air wins the day

    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...
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    • box engine box valves shim removal valve shim removal valve shims
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  2. D

    Valve Adjustment, Part One

    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...
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