Ok this makes sense.  So, even if they're pumped up and not soft, when you
back off the adjuster screws they should expand a bit more.  I think now I
remember this happening when I did it way back when.

But what about the other question... can I be adjusted too far out without
having lifter noise?

I.e., should I just wait for noise before bothering to adjust the lifters,
or are there negative consequences of too-far-out adjustment which don't
carry lifter noise?

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>wrote:

> There is an internal spring.  That's what you are compressing a bit when
> you
> do however many turns in you decide to do!
>
> Stuart
>
> Wes Wrote:
>
> Something I've remained confused about despite years of seeing threads on
> this adjustment issue is this:
> When you adjust the lifters to some number of turns in, how do you know the
> lifters were already pumped to their full length before you did the
> adjustment?  Isn't the whole point of the lifters (assuming they work as
> they were intended) that they can pump up to a partial length?  It almost
> seems to me that you would have to adjust them way out, run the engine to
> pump them up, and then adjust them in.   Why isn't that necessary?
>
>
> Thanks for any insights!!
> Wes
>
>