One of those guys has made his living rebuilding VW engines for a long time
now.

I'd go with his recommendation.

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 7:54 AM, Mike S <mikes@flatsurface.com> wrote:

> At 10:27 AM 4/30/2008, Chris S wrote...
>
>  Although I'm getting ZERO messages from Gerry again, I'm hoping
> > knowledgeable folks will reply to me directly.
> >
> > I'm confused about proper lifter adjustment.  According to Bob Boston
> > I
> > should do 1.5 turns past contact.  According to Ken Wilfy I should
> > just
> > leave the lifters set at first contact.
> >
> > Sooo... what is it?  And why?
> >
>
> 1 1/2 turns in from a fully expanded lifter. Because it allows the
> lifter to adjust itself in either direction. If you set it at "first
> contact," the lifter can't expand to adjust for a valvetrain which is
> getting looser.
>

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