[T2] valve adjustment so it is 1.5 or 2 turns ??

[Jonathan Stiles]

2 turns.

Jon Stiles


On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:14 PM, John Anderson <wvukidsdoc at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I'll tend to agree that I haven't noted any sound differences with them,
> if they aren't old and leaking down, they are quiet, and even the old ones
> quiet out, eventually.  But in the world of many aftermarket parts of many
> manufacturers, I will say, odd things happen to compression when adjusted a
> full 2 turns, with SOME lifters.  Since you can run em all the way extended
> for a short time to pump them up to adjust (an old, old technique, which
> works but has dubious benefit) I figure I'll err to a little less contact
> now days, and not risk them holding things open.
>
> I don't understand the mechanism by which that happens BTW.  Some brands
> had a much smaller bleeder/pressure hole in the side, perhaps those are the
> ones where it happens, but I do know cranking compression can suffer when
> too far adjusted, even still within what should easily be bounds of the
> lifter adjustement, and should still be riding on the cushion of oil.
> Don't know how, don't know why, I don't even figure it is possible, but it
> happens.
>
> YMMV.
> John
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> To: Joe St.Croix <spotop at gmail.com>
> Cc: John Anderson <wvukidsdoc at yahoo.com>; type2 List <type2 at type2.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2013 11:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [T2] valve adjustment so it is 1.5 or 2 turns ??
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> I find this odd. Hydraulics should be dead silent no matter what. If they
> aren't, either they aren't fully pumped up with oil, or they're fully
> extended which is very bad.
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> On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Joe St.Croix <spotop at gmail.com> wrote:
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> when I had a 78 with hyds, I tested the variables and I learned that, 1.5
> >turns is louder and runs cooler, 2 turns is way quiet but runs a little
> >hotter, being in Massachusetts, I went with the 2 turns. If I were in the
> >southwest Id go with the 1.5, my 2 cents
> >
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