i wana try and do it like he said since he regrinded the cam to other specs and wants me to check those things and let him know what I get so i feel safe doing it his way so there won't be no confusion lol. But if i can't get it I will do it the way you said.When you are preloading hydraulic lifters, you don't use a feeler gauge. You use a feeler gauge to set the lash on a solid lifter engine. The idea being that you leave a little gap between the rocker and the valve, so that when the valve stem expands and grows from heat, it fills in the gap.
Setting the preload on a hydraulic lifter engine is easy. Turn the pushrod with your fingers while very slowly tightening the polylock on the rocker stud, when it becomes tight enough that pushrod no longer turns easily, give the polylock one more half turn with a wrench, then lock it down.
Kurt
let me relay that to him and see what he says cause yeah i want to do it the easiest way possibleI never cared for the paper out of the hole trick. The engine has a tendancy to go a full rotation over after the paper blows out. I always pull the spark plug on the number one cylinder, stick my left booger picking finger in the spark plug hole, and then rotate the engine with a ratchet until I feel air blowing past my booger picking finger.
I don't understand his procedure. It sounds like the procedure for a solid cam engine. There is no lash on a hydraulic engine. Maybe someone else can chime in. There is something here I'm missing.
Kurt
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