Thread: tappet adjustment 350

Tweet

welcome to the fourm grahamO, these people are great to talk to. never did it to a boat, but on a auto. some people do it hot and some people do it cold, i do it hot. turn the motor over and adj. all the rockers down to 0 clearnce and then start the motor up and give the lifters time enough to pump up, then back off the adj. until you hear the rocker tap then tighten the rocker back down a turn to a turn one half , the motor will run rough until the lifters adj. themselves, then it should leval out, if it dont then you have the lifter to tight, every body has an opinion on how tight they should be but this should work out just fine. this is not the professional way of doing it but it works. oil will go everwhere so you need to control that some how. good luck thanks, mike

ps- hope these people dont run us off here with your boat and my 97 chev. truck. we are a little out of place