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glane

New Member

• Mar 13, 2007

• #1

Can any body help? Hayens manuel quotes o.20 gap .Is this on a hot engine or cold.Please

 

Griffdowg

New Member

• Mar 13, 2007

• #2

id imagine its cold...

 

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glane

New Member

• Mar 13, 2007

• #3

cheers,its what i assumed but i did have a car once that you had to set the gap when hot.I'm sure your right,will give it a go.

 

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JimAttrill

New Member

• Mar 14, 2007

• #4

Hot or cold it don't matter, but is better on the fingers when cold. I thought the Haynes manual says that. I've got one somewhere....

 

The Mad Hat Man

Well-Known Member

LZIR Despatch Agent

• Mar 14, 2007

• #5

normally carried out when cold - coz otherwise temp cannot be maintained unless yu have the engine running - and if yu have ever tried adjusting tappets with the engine running - yu will know wot i mean!

 

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discomania

Well-Known Member

• Mar 14, 2007

• #6

The Mad Hat Man said:

...if yu have ever tried adjusting tappets with the engine running - yu will know wot i mean!

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Aye, you need about 12 sets of guages, they get all bent!

 

GRUNT

Well-Known Member

• Mar 15, 2007

• #7

I used to set the tappets on my Triumph with the engine hot. I would set them so they just gripped a fag paper and it ran as sweet as a nut, Can't remember wether they were red or green now but definitely weren't liquorice.