23 Apr 12 07:46, TOM WALKER wrote to MARK LEWIS:   
      
      
    ML>> MH> I have never done anything like that, nor would be brave enough   
    ML>> 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   
    ML>> rough adjustments to the valves and then fired it up so as to place   
    ML>> the feeler gua in the slots while the engine was running to ensure   
    ML>> that the gap was proper while running... the only real "gotcha" was   
    ML>> watching out for the oil pumping out of the push rods... it could   
    ML>> get real messy at times ;)   
      
    TW> Particualrlt if workign on a Corvair engine. I had three of those. A   
    TW> 1963 Van, A 1965 Corsa and later I put a corvair engine and automatic   
    TW> transmission in a 1971 VW van.   
      
   Was Ralph Nader right about those cars? IMNSHO, I thought he was full of   
   crap...   
      
    TW> I had a set of Valve covers cut in half for adjusting the valves on   
    TW> those engines.   
      
   Didn't they have rockers like the V8s, where you could buy a set of spring   
   clips to cover the pushrod oil hole?   
      
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