[Healeys] Adjusting valves, dog nut on crank

Frank Magnusson fmags at cox.net
Fri Sep 28 13:26:08 MDT 2018


Thanks everybody for all of the suggestions.

What I ended up doing as I don't have alot of room in the garage to push it, was to stay with the method I've always used; I just had to find the right tool to turn the crankshaft dog nut and its been over 10 years since I last adjusted them, although not many miles, so just had to try to remember.  But it all came back.

I used a 12 inch tapered steel punch from Sears (p/n 9  42903).  Not sure if the leading 9 is part of the p/n or not...that size punch fits the dog ears of the nut well; a little dicey coming across the water pump, but ok if you're careful.  It also helps to remove the fan from the water pump and place some cardboard over the radiator fins so they don't get damaged.  With the fan removed, theres alot more room, and its only 4 bolts; takes less than 5 minutes to remove it.

Also found an old tattered oil stained copy of a good valve adjusting method, rule of 13, etc that I got a long time ago from Steve Byers that I stuck in my shop manual.  Thanks Steve!  Really surprised that the factory shop manual doesn't go into that level of detail, but it was probably one of those tribal knowledge things back in the day.

So, valves adjusted; had a few out (wide), and about halfway through double checking the clearances.  


Thanks again for the help,

Frank
'65 BJ8





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