Re: valves

[Michael Williams <alfanut@domain.elided>]

At 8:42 PM -0400 6/5/02, alfa-digest wrote:
>I once had a shop offer to grind my valves and set the clearances.  I asked how they would set the clearance and they replied that they ground off the butt end of the valve.  That might have been the only way to do it on a flathead Ford, but that is why Alfa has replaceable shims.

And if your valve has been ground this way the alfa shim hits the keepers and gives a false reading. I had to cut the "apron" on one shim to make it work on my Duetto. Has been running fine for several years not but not suggested!

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Michael Williams
Sacramento, CA, USA

69 Duetto
73 Berlina (Fiat 124 Special)
84 GTV6


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