Panic Ahead !

[Mr Cerbera]

Has been one of my longer-lasting rules of project management
Soooooooooooo
I'm gonna have a crack at setting the valve/cam clearences. Have had a look at the Manual and it mentions the following:-
1) Cam sprocket retaining tool
2) Tophat shims (of varying thicknesses)
3) Nulon / Suitable engine build lubricant
and I wondered if you guys have any idea of a TVR or Engineering source whom I could contact in order to acquire these bits before I start buggering everything up ?

Ta !

PJ

[Mr Cerbera]

Thanks Lads !

Blummin' 'Eck Paul, that's scared the beejeesus outta me.

Think I'll just drive her 'til she blows up !
(but Thanks for noticing her mileage )

[Mr Cerbera]

greenracing said:

The clearance between the cam and the buckets normally gets smaller so my advice is to grind/sand down the shim that was in there by the amount of extra clearance you need. Using a replacement shim is a nightmare as the new one has never been seated to the valve and although it may measure to the right thickness, they never give the final clearance needed.

Ryan,
Thanks for your informative reply but I am quite shocked

It is true that I am a complete dullo
but
I thought that friction on moving parts created wear which, in this case, would increase the working gap between the rubbing parts (and, hence, produce the clatter that I can hear off at least one of my valves).

Is there some strange relationship between the angles on the AJP V8 that I haven't understood (Mine's a 2001 4.5 BTW)

Many thanks for any time that you can spend on a reply
plus
What time would you expect to spend adjusting my valve train
(I realise that is a total shot in the dark but ust a guess, based on your experience would be sufficient)
Thanks again
PJ

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ukkid35 said:

That makes a lot of sense. But that also means you should avoid swapping shims between valves, even if it appears that would avoid having to sand a shim down.

I always sand mine by hand, but I have swapped them and used a couple of replacements as well in order to avoid shaving a lot off. Perhaps that would explain why I've never managed to end up a with a really quiet valve train.

Hi Paul,

I am shocked again

I know that Clutch fingers are reportedly made from Chocolate but what on earth are the valve shims made of that they can be sanded by hand.
Please tell me that “sanded by hand” actually means that you have an industry-standard workshop with a horizontal surface plane grinder ?

Edited by Mr Cerbera on Saturday 18th February 11:00

Edited by Mr Cerbera on Saturday 18th February 11:01

[Mr Cerbera]

Tanguero said:

Finding TDC is a 5 minute job with a socket on a long lever, a bit of rubber tube and a bottle of kiddys bubble mix.

3 of the minutes is taking a spark plug out.

Hi Tanguero,
He of little imagination asks:
”Does the rubber tube have an interference fit in the spark plug thread and TDC is achieved when the air-emptied cylinder stops blowing bubbles through the liquid" ?
Or should I book an appointment at the colonic irrigation clinic ?

[Mr Cerbera]

Thanks for the graphics

Hmmmmmmm, now where to find some Kiddies' bubble stuff in Lux
(without getting arrested for my bad translation)