[TR] valve adjuatment problem

Mark J Bradakis mark at bradakis.com
Sat Apr 3 15:59:32 MST 2010


npaul72464 at aol.com wrote:
>  Hi All,
>
> I'm in the midst of adjusting the valves on my 1958 TR3A and have run into a
> snag.  They all adjusted fine till I got to #8 where there is no gap and no
> turning of the screw will give me any.  I checked compression (for some
> reason) and there's 150 PSI in all 4 cylinders.  I pulled the rocker shaft and
> the rocker and push rod look normal compared with all the others.  I put a
> straight edge across all the valve springs and they're all the same height.
>
>   

With the rocker assembly off the engine, did you turn the engine over a few
revolutions by hand?  Did the offending pushrod move as you think it 
should have?


mjb.


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