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1. tappets (score: 1): Author: "Lambert, Iain" <Iain.Lambert@compaq.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 11:29:25 +0100; Just a quick one. When is best to set the valve clearances, hot or cold? Regards, Iain Lambert. Macfarlane group packaging Inside Hewlett Packard e mail: iain.lambert@compaq.com TEL: 0141 814 7292 M; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00319.html (7,492 bytes)
2. Re: tappets (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 07:11:46 -0400; Hot. This is the condition your engine operates under, and where the adjustment is actually critical. It's also the hardest to do because everything is too hot to touch without going "ouch", and it c; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00320.html (7,951 bytes)
3. Re: tappets (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 09:03:29 -0400; I don't argue that most manuals give cold valve lash settings. In fact, virtually all engines give this, for the reasons I outlined. It's a lot harder to do it hot. But, if you've got the specs for h; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00324.html (8,143 bytes)
4. Re: tappets (score: 1): Author: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 08:32:48 -0700; Just curious. What manual gives the hot valve adjustment specs for Spitfire engines? I have Bentley and Haynes, but have yet to see anything that advises other than to adjust valves .010 while cold.; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00327.html (9,331 bytes)
5. RE: tappets (score: 1): Author: <ralemen@cableone.net>; Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 09:07:35 -0700; I'll second that, although according to my friend, his MGB (he is looking at replacing it with a TR6 now) is supposed to be adjusted when hot. Alan --Original Message-- From: "spitfires-owner@autox.t; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00328.html (8,837 bytes)
6. RE: tappets (score: 1): Author: Kevin Rhodes <krhodes1@maine.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 12:28:28 -0400; And one local LBC mechanic adjusts MG tappets with the engine RUNNING, according to a friend who has one. The mind boggles.... I would be afraid of losing a finger! Kevin /// spitfires@autox.team.net; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00329.html (8,043 bytes)
7. Re: tappets (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 10:39:29 -0600; The original question was the correct method for a Triumph. The simple answer is "cold." The published specs are to used cold. There are no published specs for hot. So, simply, if someone says, adjus; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00331.html (9,273 bytes)
8. Re: tappets (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 14:22:09 -0400; Folks, I'm not arguing that the valve lash given in the various manuals for Spitfires is for cold. That wasn't the question. The question was "When is it best to set valve clearance, hot or cold?" Th; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00336.html (8,671 bytes)
9. Re: tappets (score: 1): Author: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 11:55:51 -0700; Just so there is no misunderstanding, I was simply trying to ascertain where you were deriving the hot valve adjustment specs from since I had never seen them published anywhere before. Nothing more; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00337.html (9,319 bytes)
10. RE: tappets (score: 1): Author: "Mike Welch" <mikew@turbopower.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 14:52:55 -0600; Long ago, I was helping a friend adjust the valves on his Chevy 350, and we did it hot while the engine was running. He had some caps that fit over the rods that kept the oil from spurting onto the d; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00341.html (8,570 bytes)
11. Re: tappets (score: 1): Author: "Bob Harris" <gharris@rochester.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:03:44 -0400; Factory book recomends settint valve lash when cold. Good Luck, Bob Harris /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00342.html (8,476 bytes)
12. RE: tappets (score: 1): Author: "Bill Miller" <millerb@ivwnet.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 19:56:06 -0500; I also set them while running. It is very easy, I never have once got burnt. If you have ever had the valve cover off while the engine is running, you will see that the spitfire engine does not spray; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00344.html (9,387 bytes)
13. Re: tappets (score: 1): Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 21:06:49 -0400 (EDT); I don't know of any engines (except very old ones) that specify a hot clearance. When materials became consistent enough that cold settings could translate reliably to hot behaviour, setting at cold; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00345.html (10,797 bytes)
14. Re: tappets (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 19:44:50 -0600; Okay, Bill, what's the hot lash specification and for what engine? That was the original point. The guy asking didn't know if the published lash was hot or cold. It was that simple. Sorry, but this p; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00346.html (11,051 bytes)
15. RE: tappets (score: 1): Author: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 21:04:16 -0500; Big Snip Folks, this bitchin about clearance is getting a bit old. Let's put it to bed with the following. Take the manual settings of .010 COLD. Set the gap, run the engine. If you still have chatte; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00347.html (8,264 bytes)
16. Re: tappets (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 20:03:00 -0600; Sorry, I'm a bit _hot_ (valve lash too tight). This should have read "Other people's engines are at stake." Cheers. -- Michael D. Porter Roswell, NM (yes, _that_ Roswell) [mailto:mporter@zianet.com]; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00348.html (8,486 bytes)
17. Re: tappets (score: 1): Author: "Livia Haasper" <wilivhaasper@sympatico.ca>; Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 22:25:42 -0400; I have to jump in here because just yesterday afternoon I was adjusting the valve lash after torquing down the engine. Being inexperienced in mechanics, I followed the Haines in torquing down the eng; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00349.html (12,363 bytes)
18. RE: tappets (score: 1): Author: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>; Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 21:35:31 -0500; BRAVO Liv, It's really not that hard..... Let's find a way to make the Spits not leak oil, water in the interior, rust, overheat, tranny's die, clutch cylinders fade, brake cylinders fail, thrust bea; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00350.html (8,708 bytes)
19. RE: tappets (score: 1): Author: "Bill Miller" <millerb@ivwnet.com>; Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 07:14:56 -0500; I went to bed last night and woke up to a bevy of personal emails to me. Sorry I started something. It was not my intent. Hot/Cold, doesn't matter to me... I was just talking about doing it with the; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00354.html (8,268 bytes)
20. Re: Tappets (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>; Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 00:27:02 +0100; Nolan Penny wrote: Folks, I'm not arguing that the valve lash given in the various manuals for Spitfires is for cold. That wasn't the question. The question was "When is it best to set valve clearanc; /html/spitfires/2002-08/msg00364.html (9,384 bytes)

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