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    Quote Originally Posted by Jason383454 View Post
    if i don't have to pull the heads i won't. i'll try the light springs first. if i had more than enough clearance like that then i should be ok for side clearance. they are not hugely domed. i just don't want to play patty cake with my valves. if i have clearance issues then i will pull heads and try both your paste way and the caly as well. i'm sorry but i'm new at this part of clearancing and have never had to worry about it before
    thank you for bearing with me and helping
    clay is not going to work your just going to push the plunger down before you get any good reading in it .i have used a solid roller lifter if i use clay but i do not use it any more for pv checking but still used clay for other things
    Last edited by pat mccarthy; 09-10-2009 at 11:14 PM.
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