[TR] More on valve adjusting

[pethier at comcast.net]

From: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
> > But I 
> > remember years ago (okay, decades ago) watching someone 
> > adjusting valves while the engine was running.
> There were special clips you could buy to temporarily block off the oil
> holes, but most people just let it fly.

I believe that you could buy special splash shields for several popular V8 engines.  You would removed the valve cover and fit the shield, which caught the oil like a big funnel and directed it back into the engine.  I witnessed this in use when I was a small boy at a shop in the building where my dad's used-car office was on Arcade Street in Saint Paul.

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