Found it: Motoren Israel, EUR69 for the set ... ouch.StephenB wrote:Matt, you got a (local) source for those screws?mattcfish wrote:Gotta make that Allen screw conversion some day.
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Re: gspd's valve adjustment techique
Low hanging fruit, Major.Major Softie wrote:You remove your nuts to do a valve adjustment?mattcfish wrote:Is it really such a hassle to use a feeler gauge? The hardest part is removing those two tiny nuts.
Gotta make that Allen screw conversion some day.
I can't believe it took me two days to come up with that one.
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Re: gspd's valve adjustment techique
enigmaT120 wrote:Low hanging fruit, Major.
I can't believe it took me two days to come up with that one.
I'm impressed enigma: a cute quip, just casually thrown out there while discussing an earlier quip. A cute quip delicately targeted just below a full blown wiseass quip.
Accuracy and timing. I'd like to have a another helping or two of both for myself.
And then as a bonus you pull it off without visibly gloating.

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Re: gspd's valve adjustment techique
Is there something special about the screws used in the conversion?StephenB wrote:Matt, you got a (local) source for those screws?mattcfish wrote:Gotta make that Allen screw conversion some day.
I thought the only challenge was machining the valve covers and tapping the head.
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