Valve Adjustment Tool / Shim source?

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim R)]

Calling Timbo:

Timbo!?!


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Daun Yeagley [mailto:vwdaun@yahoo.com]
>Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 5:45 PM
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Valve Adjustment Tool / Shim source?
>
>
>Ok, I need to check / adjust valve clearances on this '80
>Scirocco with a stock 1.6.  This is uncharted territory for
>me...  Does anyone know where I can get my hands on a valve
>adjustment tool?  Or better yet, a way to use ordinary
>tools to do the adjustment?
>
>And of course I may need shims.  I have one spare 1.6
>around here that is going away within the next week, but
>there's no gaurantee that it's got the shims I need.
>
>TIA!
>
>
>Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
>'81 Scirocco S (Deiter)       '86 Scirocco 8v
>'88 Scirocco Slegato (Gino!)  '88 Scirocco 16v
>'96 Passat GLX Wagon          '56 Cessna 172
>The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts - 
>Ehrlich's Law.
>