Making Non-Hydraulic Lash Adjustments Quick, Easy
On DOHC cylinder heads that have solid or shim lash adjusters, you can speed up your adjustments by scribing each valve with a number and numbering the corresponding cup. Grinding the valve, cutting the tip and cutting the valve seat sometimes cancel each other out. Even if they don’t, you will be very close to correct adjustments just by keeping them in order. I use fishing boxes to organize the cups until I’m ready to clean and reinstall them.

Jeffrey Myers
MAR Automotive, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
September, 2013