[tcb] Re: Valve problems
- From: John Barry <bigfoot51102@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:13:08 -0500
This is my third motor to build and run but first type 4 and first time I've
had this issue.
Sent from behind a tree in the woods.
On Apr 27, 2012, at 4:48 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Unless you have some other problem, such as faulty valves that are
> stretching, you should not have to adjust your valves more often than every
> 3,000 miles. In the first few hundred miles of driving a new engine you may
> have to adjust them like after the first 500 and then at 1,000 miles, but
> after that it should go 3,000 between valve adjustments.
>
> From: John Barry <bigfoot51102@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Fri, April 27, 2012 10:50:37 AM
> Subject: [tcb] Valve problems
>
> I have a 1977 Westy that wants to give me fits!
> Lonnie and I built the 2.0 liter, solid lifters with dual carbs. When I take
> it for a road trip like to T@P from Ft. Worth, I have to readjust the valves
> when I get home. The number 3 and 4 cylinders are the worst. Usually both
> exhaust valve are tight and one of the intakes are too. I am getting
> frustrated with it and want to be able to use it as a daily driver but don't
> want to adjust the valves every week or so. I know I could go to hydraulic
> valves but feel that would be like putting a bandaid on instead of fixing the
> problem.
> Any input on what you have done or maybe a solution you may have heard once,
> share with me please. I don't want my bus to be too much hassle to drive when
> the feeling hits.
> Thanks, John.
>
> Sent from behind a tree in the woods.
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