[TR] Valve Adjustment

[Roger Elliott]

I think I found the problem.  The ball on the bottom of the valve 
adjusting screw is gone on one of the valves and noticeably worn on another.

There may be additional problems,  I am going to check the cam lift.

But I'm thinking that the screws started wearing then the process 
accelerated.

I will post a picture of the the adjusting screws later.

Thanks,

Roger


On 07/26/2012 12:04 PM, Roger Elliott wrote:
> I converted wrong the feeler gauge I had is only marked metric.  It 
> was .040.
>
> Roger
>
> On 07/26/2012 11:44 AM, Roger Elliott wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a question about valves going out of adjustment.
>>
>> Recently, I adjusted the valves on my Spitfire (two of the valves 
>> were way out of adjustment- too large of a gap).  I then took it in 
>> to a shop as I could not get it to run quite right.  I asked them to 
>> adjust the carbs as I thought that was the problem.
>>
>> Well in the process of dong that, he discovered that some of the 
>> valves were way out of adjustment.  Okay I might have messed up some, 
>> but he said they were about .1.
>>
>> Now I was changing the oil and I wanted to check the rocker assembly 
>> as I thought perhaps it was loose and allowing the gap to get 
>> larger.   All of the nuts were tight.
>>
>> But I looked at a couple of the valves and they are probably about .1 
>> again.
>>
>> It looks like the adjusters on the valves that have the big gap don't 
>> have as much of the adjusting screw sticking out the top as the others.
>>
>>
>> What could be causing my gap to increase so much?
>>
>> I recently put in new tappets that were tested for hardness.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Roger Elliott
>> 1980 Spitfire
>>
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