Don't try it with the engine running, messes up your lock nuts, adjusting
screws and you don't know where they're set.
Get #1 to TDC by turning the engine until it is up on compression stroke.
You can use a screwdriver , soda stray anything small enough to go
through the spark plug hole to tell if it at the top.
Set both #1 intake and exhaust. Turn the engine until and set the next
pair of valves and so on until all are set.
After setting the valves the engine may be noisy for as long as 15
minutes and it may be hard starting. Give you starter some breaks if it
doesn't want to start right away.
It is best to install new valve cover gaskets when you do this job.

Stan Wilder

On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 00:40:47 -0600 "Jon Joyce" <okartguy@hotmail.com>
writes:
>
> >Set your lifters by setting the rocker arm adjusting screw at one
> turn
> >down after they just touch the valve stem.
>
> One COMPLETE turn after the rocker contacts the valve stem? I
> remember
> getting this advice on an antique Chevrolet p/u I used to own, and
> ended up
> with no compression when I tried to start the motor! Guess it's
> probably a
> different situation with a bus motor. Also, can you adjust the
> rockers with
> the motor running? I'm sure it's a mess, but again, my frame of
> reference is
> on old American stuff, so don't laugh too hard if my suggestions
> seem
> inane...
>
> JJ
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