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Valve Adjustment Tool / Shim source?

Hi Daun,
    Here's the lever (=VW 2078):

http://www.toolsource.com/ost/product.asp?sourceid=google&dept%5Fid=500&pf%5Fid=58842&mscssid=787W7XF35NFQ9KHF29WU358FC9500439

    And the pliers (VW 10-208):

http://buy.equipmentsolutions.com/eqs_va/Net/ItemDetail.aspx?PartNo=10-208A&qty=1&Desc=PLIERS&ListPrice=%2464.32&itemQty=10&group_id=2&group_name=1&cat_ID=&cat_name=&sub_cat_ID=&sub_cat_name=&item_id=10

    Pliers are dealer, and spendy ($64), but I think (IIRC) you can extract 
the shim using compressed air. Carefully put nozzle into the gap where the 
pliers would fit, gently jet air, the air will break the oil seal and the 
shim will pop out. Or you might be able to find some cheap calipers that 
could be adapted to act as pliers to straddle the cam.
    I never did this one; never found out of spec and when I had any head 
work done the readjust was done by the machine shop as part of the process.
    I do remember some crusty VW mechanic telling me the valves must be set 
COLD, meaning at least 4-5 hours after the engine was last running.

Karl

>From: Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Valve Adjustment Tool / Shim source?
>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:45:17 -0700 (PDT)
>
>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.
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