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Subject:Re: Fw: Re: Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation
Date:Wed, 2 Feb 2000 09:09:12 EST

I always set the valves to zero lash when first starting up the motor after
rebuild, or head removal.  Let the van run for an hour or so.  Then I adjust
the screw in one 360 degree turn (I figure the Bentley folks must've meant
two half turns because two full turns is definately too much).  Works every
time.  However I haven't done amount of experimenting that other folks have
on the list with backing off the adjusters and checking compression, etc.  I
might try that when it gets a little warmer.

Thanks,
Ken Wilford
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