Thread: valve adjustment

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i am getting ready to start my 283 for the first time i bought a haynes overhaul manual and it said that to adjust the valves you go through the firing order and when both the lifters for that cylinder are flush with the lifter valley you see if the push rods will twist if they twist then you need to tighten the spring till the it wont twist and then go one more turn i did this for all the valves and timed the engin with the balancer will i need to adjust them when the motor is running or is what i did fine the book made no mention of doing it when the motor is running

thats pretty tight. put the cam on tdc, twist the push rods by hand untill you feel them start to drag. go 1/2 turn and lock down. rotate the crank and do this at 180. 1/2 a turn of preload on a hyd lifter. You can also crank the motor back them off till they tick {one at a time} then tighten 1/2 turn past 0 lash. hope it helps. robert

ok thanks well i messed up and really big and set all of the valves on the exaust stroke so i have to reset them all now. well you live and you learn this is my first motor and im only 16 so this has been a great experience also when i start the motor i will not have a cooling system i plan to only run it for a about 1 min. this wont burn up my water pump will it and also where can i get a ton of radiator hose pretty cheap i need enough to go from the motor in the back to the radiator in the front i have been looking at the prices of pipe and they are unreal i just thought i would ask if anyone knew where i could get a good deal