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any valve shim tricks? 200 1988

posted by  Rule 308 on  Sat Aug 18 05:18 CST 2007
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I would recommend buying the tool or paying someone to do it for you. Beyond that you need a set of feeler guages and a micrometer. Pull the valve cover and check all of the settings, if luck is with you it will all be within specs and you will not need to adjust it at all. If you find some out of spec you need to take the feeler guages and figure out just how far out it is. Typically it is just one shim size, about .002" or .05mm. Make note on a piece of paper which ones are out of spec and how far out they are, example being: spec is .016-.018 and you have a measurement of .022, you need a shim that is .006-.007 thicker to make your new measurement .016-.017. Problem is that you cannot get the shim out to measure it without pulling the camshaft or having the proper bucket depressing tools. With all of your measurements written down, pull the camshaft, measure up your shims, figure out which replacement shims you need and go to your local indy shop to get them. Myself, I would just pay someone the one hour labor plus gasket price to do it for me.

Mark






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