While many folks view diesel engines as indestructible, they do still need maintenance. Oil changes, fuel filter replacement, and cleaning or changing the air filter are all important items when it ...

On engines equipped with hydraulic tappets, zero lash at maximum tappet plunger rise can be determined by rotating the pushrod with your fingertips while slowly turning the lash adjusting nut. The ...

Adjusting the valves on a Triumph Thunderbird Sport, Trophy, Daytona, Trident, Sprint, Tiger, Speed Triple, Legend or Adventurer Motorcycle. My Triumph Thunderbird Sport had about 9,000 miles on it ...

Last week I’d ordered and installed the new valve shims in my 1974 Lotus Europa Twin-Cam Special and was about to button things up when I realized that the cam bearing caps are held down by nyloc nuts ...

Good [morning/afternoon/evening], ladies and gentlemen! Thank you for joining me today. As we read the article, we must acknowledge the vital role that diesel generators play in our lives. From ...

As I mentioned earlier on this and some other threads spanner mate Peter and I were going to check the valve clearances on his 1980 Alfa Romeo Spider Coda Tronca. This engine design has direct ...

Adjust your own valves and you become a man. When you go forth into the world, lesser souls shall part before you like the Red Sea. Women will sense your well-oiled, mechanically capable aura and ...

Time was when a valve job was done with some valve-grinding compound and a vacuum cup on a stick. But no more. Today's high performance engines require the same machining precision in the valves that ...

Current heavy-duty diesel engines often lack a feature that is virtually standard in most other automotive engine applications: hydraulic valve-lash adjustment, or hydraulic lifters as they are ...