ML> MH> I have never done anything like that, nor would be brave enough to   
   ML> MH> work on the open engine while it was running.   
      
   ML>really?? this was the normal SOP "back in the day"... you made the rough   
   ML>adjustments to the valves and then fired it up so as to place the feeler gua   
   ML>in the slots while the engine was running to ensure that the gap was proper   
   ML>while running... the only real "gotcha" was watching out for the oil pumping   
   ML>out of the push rods... it could get real messy at times ;)   
      
   Particualrlt if workign on a Corvair engine. I had three of those. A   
   1963 Van, A 1965 Corsa and later I put a corvair engine and automatic   
   transmission in a 1971 VW van.   
   I had a set of Valve covers cut in half for adjusting the valves on   
   those engines.   
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