A little tip for the ones who decide to take this chore on.
You need some Kerosene to do this in.
The easest & Cheapest way to get some is head to your local Wal-mart or K-mart or .98/.99/1.00 store and pick-up a bottle of your favorite Color/Scented Lamp Oil.
Why would I want to bleed my hydrolic adjusters? Aren't they by design, "self bleeding" (provided you put oil in them to start with)
And everyone was right, except perhaps Old Dog, as "coal oil" is not the same thing:
"Coal oil is a specific oil shale oil used for illuminating purposes. It is sometimes confused with kerosene or lamp oil, but coal oil is obtained from the destructive distillation of cannel coal, mineral wax, and bituminous shale, and hence called coal oil. A special type of coal known as cannel coal (classified also as terrestrial type of oil shale) is required to produce it."
(but ******** call everything odd or improper names... )
They bleed down when adjusted and as the parts wear they adjust out to keep the valves at the right adjustment. If they reach the end of the adjustment they have to be readjusted or bled down a little bit.
I've never been able to get the lifters to bleed in a way that I was comfortable with - put 'em in kerosene, bubbles come up indicating the air is working its way out, but still haven't gotten the movement on the lifters that seems correct afterwards. What have I been doing wrong??
i put a lil drift punc in and wiggled for a min or 2... everything seems to work perfectly i also filled the holes they go in with oil befor i put them in... but was happy with the resaults no valve noise after the install
Jay I have that kind of wire. What did you do with it?
Jon
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