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Old 09-06-2004, 06:38 PM
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Lightbulb Here's what my machine shop expert told me as we adjusted my valves the first time...

"You'll need to adjust them every 500 to 700 miles or so until it has a few thousand miles on it, as they seat in and settle". Then if the next few times you check them maybe every 1,000 miles and there's no sign of change, then you can extend the check interval quite a bit."

It's about getting them right at first (We did this at 350 miles and we also re-torqued the heads and the intake, all of which had loosened! I'll check them maybe next spring at the 1000 mile mark and then at 1700 or 1800 miles and that will tell a lot.
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