Re: Rebuilding the Packard patrician engine

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2016/5/6 16:20:04

It's all in the shop manual. With the cam lobe down it's 0.030" to 0.070" between the valve stem and the gauge block which replaces the lifter body for the purposes of measurement.

The gauge block is available as a reproduction tool. This topic has been covered dozens and dozens of times, use the Search tool and you should find all you need to know. In one of those old posts I gave the dimensions of the gauge block should you chose to make one. I used to loan them out but too many folks failed to return them.