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Why is Muir hardcore about not raising the car for valve adjustments?
Why's Muir hardcore abt not raising car for valve adjstmnts?
- whc03grady
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Why's Muir hardcore abt not raising car for valve adjstmnts?
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- dtrumbo
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Re: Why's Muir hardcore abt not raising car for valve adjstm
Because it's not necessary and exposes you to unneeded danger by having the car in the air instead of firmly on the ground?
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1970 Transporter. 2015cc, dual Weber IDF 40's
1978 Riviera Camper. Bone stock GE 2.0L F.I.
1979 Super Beetle convertible.
... as it turns out, it was the coil!
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Re: Why's Muir hardcore abt not raising car for valve adjstm
If you don't drain the oil it comes out of the heads onto you as you adjust the valves if the car is jacked up, better be on good stands too.
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77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
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- hambone
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Re: Why's Muir hardcore abt not raising car for valve adjstm
I have never jacked up a VW to adjust valves, doesn't seem necessary.
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- whc03grady
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Re: Why's Muir hardcore abt not raising car for valve adjstm
I never have either. Mostly I was curious why St. John the Muir was so adamant that I not.hambone wrote:I have never jacked up a VW to adjust valves, doesn't seem necessary.
Ludwig--1974 Westfalia, 2.0L (GD035193), Solex 34PDSIT-2/3 carburetors.
Gertie--1971 Squareback, 1600cc with Bosch D-Jetronic fuel injection from a '72 (E brain).
Read about their adventures:
http://www.ludwigandgertie.blogspot.com
Gertie--1971 Squareback, 1600cc with Bosch D-Jetronic fuel injection from a '72 (E brain).
Read about their adventures:
http://www.ludwigandgertie.blogspot.com
- SlowLane
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Re: Why's Muir hardcore abt not raising car for valve adjstm
Haven't read my Idiot Book in decades, and it's currently out of reach in storage. What adamantine phrasing did St. Muir employ to discourage the jack-happy?whc03grady wrote:Mostly I was curious why St. John the Muir was so adamant that I not.
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Re: Why's Muir hardcore abt not raising car for valve adjstm
That's my take on it, too. If you don't need to do it, you need to not do it.dtrumbo wrote:Because it's not necessary and exposes you to unneeded danger by having the car in the air instead of firmly on the ground?
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Present bus: '71 Dormobile Westie "George"
(sometimes towing a '65 Allstate single-wheel trailer)
Former buses: '61 17-window Deluxe "Pink Bus"
'70 Frankenwestie "Blunder Bus"
'71 Frankenwestie "Thunder Bus"