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oil in valve shim area?

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AARGh, I just somehow deleted a long response to you all!

Anyway, just a bunch of "thank you's", and "you guys are great", kind of stuff. I'm sure you don't want to hear any of that any way. Well, maybe I will try to recreate it later.

I get the idea people around here like pix, so here's a couple for you . . . PO must have had a good sense of humor. I like how the "total amount" is blank . . . just like the final bill on this project of mine! lol

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Its just a dust seal..if there is oil in the timing well, you have a leaky crank seal. Any thickish cardboard will work as a quasa OEM replacement.
 
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Steve..i have 2 set from Auto Zone that have BOTH SAE and METRIC and they are all seperate of each other (as in there are just SAE guages and there are just metrics )..Its nice to have the combo pack all in one set for both applications.

Paid something like 8 bucks for the set.
 
rippledub said:
A lot of people here do not like that tool! Makes me want to try the Zip Tie method, especially as I have not bought the Suzuki tool yet.
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Yea, I bought the tool and it's a bit of a pain to work with. Sometimes it seems to work easily and it's great. nice and fast. Other shims it felt like it took 10 minutes (or more!) to get it to grab properly.
 
Read my post about holding the tool on top of the bucket with a screw driver while depressing it.
 
Road Rash said:
What's real fun is when the tool slips, and the shim gets slapped back down, flinging oil in your eye. Yeah! :rolleyes:
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Hahaha, so true. I swear that stream of oil is heat seeking, it always hits you in the eye.
 
chuck hahn said:
Steve..i have 2 set from Auto Zone that have BOTH SAE and METRIC and they are all seperate of each other (as in there are just SAE guages and there are just metrics )..Its nice to have the combo pack all in one set for both applications.

Paid something like 8 bucks for the set.
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I have not looked at the local Auto Zone for metric feelers lately. The last time I looked, all they had was the usual set that had both sets of markings on the same blade. THOSE are made to inch standard and have metric approximations on them. I do not recall ever seeing metric feelers with inch approximations on them.

My personal philosophy is that the actual clearance is not really all that critical. :eek:
What is critical is whether it is between the minimum and maximum values (or just a bit over the maximum). In other words, it does not matter to me whether the clearance is .06mm or .07mm, they are both good. I still use INCH feelers. The minimum clearance is 0.03mm (about .0012"), my smallest feeler is .0015". If that does not fit, the shim gets changed. The maximum clearance is 0.08mm (about .0031"), so if my .003" feeler is really loose, I will make sure the .004" (.101mm) will not fit.

It's all the same process, just using different numbers, AND YOU GET THE SAME RESULTS.
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