[DeTomaso] pushrod length

[Mike Drew]

Guys,

While it’s a great idea to make a tool if you are building an engine in your garage, if you are in India and you are paying mechanics in Spain for their time, it’s much cheaper to buy a tool ready-made. :)

Mike

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> On Feb 17, 2021, at 16:25, Garth Rodericks via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> 
>    Oops!  Guess I was a little late to the party.  Everyone else already
>   suggested this.  :)
> 
>   On Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 04:20:30 PM PST, Garth Rodericks
>   <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   As Julian suggested, it's simple to make a tool...   Just use a tubing
>   cutter to cut one of the old pushrods in half, tap the inside of each
>   half and use a short length of threaded rod with a couple of small jam
>   nuts.  They can rotate the engine sot he pushrod moves through it's
>   entire stroke and adjust the pushrod length until they find the optimum
>   length to properly center/seat atop the valve tip.
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