Re: Rebuilding the Carter WGD

Posted by Hans On 2013/2/22 9:53:45

I just came back from a friendly machine shop where I left the throttle body. The shaft itself is allright, just a little wear but nothing serious. So the housing is a candidate for receiving new self-lubricating bronze bushes. They need to be rather thin walled but nothing the shop can't handle. Very wallet-friendly too which is also important to keep the Mrs. satisfied

By the way, does anyone have any good tips or tricks when it comes to adjusting the valves? Is it good practice to adjust both inlet and exhaust valves in TDC on compression stroke?

I'm thinking of adjusting the valves cold, don't like fiddling around with a running and hot engine. Shutting the engine down at normal runnig temperature leaves too little time to do the job in a relaxed way I guess.
I read somewhere that in case of adjusting cold (=shorter valve stem) I should add a little clearance to meet the right clearance when hot (=longer valve stem). But how much more and is there a difference between intake and exhaust?

Who has experience and can give me good advice before I tackle this job for the first time?