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tappet adjustment

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 6:42 pm
by timetraveller
could someone tell me the tappet adjustment feeler gauge sizes in mm and thou's please

cheers
neil

Re: tappet adjustment

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 6:45 pm
by bmcecosse
Don't do 'metric' - but inlets are best set at 12 thou and exhausts at 15 thou. There are 40 thou in a millimetre (near enough) so I leave you to do the Math!

Re: tappet adjustment

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 7:15 pm
by minor65
Going by the Leyland Minor Workshop manual 12 thou = 0.305 mm