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Sounds like you forgot the muffler bearings and blinker fluid.

Adjusting valves while motor is running is the easiest and messiest way.

Back it off till it ticks, run it down till it don't..

Now the rub:

No one seems to agree on the additional turn

Opinions vary from quarter to full.

Half turn is pretty safe.

Originally Posted by firebird77clone

and blinker fluid.

Come on now! Everyone knows you fill the blinkers with air! Geeeeesh!

Originally Posted by firebird77clone

Sounds like you forgot the muffler bearings and blinker fluid.

Adjusting valves while motor is running is the easiest and messiest way.

Back it off till it ticks, run it down till it don't..

Now the rub:

No one seems to agree on the additional turn

Opinions vary from quarter to full.

Half turn is pretty safe.

The answer for the amount of that ADDITIONAL turn-------asbsolutely no turn beyond the clicking going away on hydraulics as that was what caused "pumpup", often miss diagnosed as valve float but was actually the lifter plunger travel area pumping up as valves were not following the cam lobes with weaker stock type springs and as a result the valves wouldn't completely close.

Also, if you want to discuss it--in a case of better springs and more real cam lobes--you really were set on where to set the adjustment-it will also depend on what you have for adjustment-for instance--3/8-24, and 7/16-20 will have a different amount of preload not only because of the thread pitch, but also the rocker ratio--

And of course-if you have shaft mounted rockers with the adjuster in the pushrod end of the arm, the preload will be directly in line with the thread pitch

ALSO-those rocker arm clips I mentioned are a Mr Gasket #1015 and available at AutoZone-of course you'll need to know make,year,model,engine,2-4 wheel drive,etc,etc