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Originally Posted by Murf
Sam, I may have missed it but do you adjust the valves with the motor running? I have always had better luck that way. If you have a spare valve cover to cut up, it isn’t even too messy.
Good luck!
Murf
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I have adjusted with the motor running in winter. Even on cold start, though, in this heat the oil gets launched everywhere.
For my roadside adjustment I did my lazy method:
1. Back off all nuts
2. Loosen the lock screw another turn
3. Remove power wire from distributor
4. Cinch all nuts to barely finger tip tight
5. Crank engine for a second
6. Finger tip tighten the nuts that are now loose
7. Repeat. I like to repeat about seven times
You will get to the point soon where there is no slack to take up on any nuts. Then add your preload to all. Then tighten the lock screws. Then snug the nut to the lock screw. It is vital that you only finger tip tighten so you don’t keep adding preload. Basically just to where the nut stops and no more.
Sam