Dag nab it to heck!

Beetle, Karmann Ghia, Thing.

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easterclick
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Dag nab it to heck!

Post by easterclick » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:00 pm

So I get around to adjusting the valves on Gretchen, our Ghia, and the slotted post that threads into the rocker arm, that I'm adjusting the gap between the bottom of and the top of the valve, snaps in two. !!!

I guess I'm overtightening? What sticks in my craw is that these are relatively new. When we got Gretchen, the originals were starting to mushroom, so I replaced the set. This is probably like the third time I've even adjusted these valves.

!!!!!

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Post by Gypsie » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:28 pm

Right on, Cheryl. Way to get them knuckles greazy....
So it all started when I wanted to get better gas mileage....

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Post by hambone » Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:48 pm

Didja get German?
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Post by Bookwus » Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:37 pm

Hiya C,

Holey moley! The strength! Muscles!

And you took pictures while Neal and I struggled with lifting that engine? Man! You could have tossed that thing around like a daisy.
I have cancer.

It does not have me.

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Post by ruckman101 » Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:09 pm

hambone wrote:Didja get German?
Now I wonder. I assumed they were, but didn't ask.


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