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on 12/5/2003 2:43 AM, Russ wolfe at russella@prairieinet.net wrote: > You say all the valves were loose? Which heads do you have?? '65 > "should" have the late heads. That are adjusted .006". The earlier style > heads were supposed to be adjusted .008" intake and .010" exhaust. > You can spot the earlier heads by the cast in boss that the rocker arms > sit on. The late heads have a square boss, and the early ones a round > boss. BUT, there is a kicker here. The early heads could have been > converted. Those will usually have the round boss on the head, but the > rocker arms will be held on with bolts instead of studs. These converted > heads are adjusted to .006" Yes, they are the late heads, but they were all set to about .008". One of the locknuts was also loose so I think it was just sloppily done at the last tune up. I did have to take the rockers off to free up the adjusting screws. That is a sign that the valves have not been done for a while isn't it? Thanks, Ben Doughney '75 1200L '63 1200 - Ringo '71 1600TL '65 1500N - Val http://members.tripod.com/~superkafer/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org