[Vwdiesel] valve adjustment tools

[James Hansen]

Sound advice from Pat as usual.  
Better is to use a piece of thin wall vinyl tubing... think IV tubing size, stretch it to fit on your handy blow gun (with heat), and push it up against the base of the spacer next to the head. Trim it to effect a sort of seal so it pops the oil film strength loose, and the iron cookie falls out.
The compression tool- while not necessary absolutely, it is VERY nice to have, or have a good look at one, and make something similar to depress the buckets.  The spacers are enough of a PITA to get out you don't need to be struggling to hold a screwdriver pressing a crescent wrench handle against a plier tied by a hose clamp to two nails and a tuna, while with the other three hands are teasing the shim out of it's happy home that it doesn't want to leave. Oh, and every time I've decided to be all proper and use the VW appointed plier to remove the shims, I get pissed off and go back to the blow gun. The shims are REALLY hard, and the plier jaws don't really grab on too well. When it isn't going well, you'll almost want to use a torch, or maybe some C4 to get them out, when it goes well, you wonder what all the fuss was about.
-James

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On Behalf Of pmdolan at sasktel.net
Sent: April-04-12 5:54 PM
To: Chris Jude; ken1
Cc: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] valve adjustment tools

That is a real no-no.  Using a magnetic tool of any kind around a camshaft or lifter will magnetize the part, resulting in it attracting iron based swarf that in turn becomes an abrasive paste ruining the wear surface. 

On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 17:59:08 -0400 (EDT), ken1 <ktzkarz at embarqmail.com> wrote:
I have used a presentation poiner with a magnetic end to remove the pucks. 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chris Jude <vegbenz300 at gmail.com>
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Sent: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:03:57 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] valve adjustment tools
>
> Folks,
>
> I need to adjust the valves on my 1985 Jetta diesel, are there any 
> substitute, or easy to find tools for the valve compression and 
> removing the pucks?
>
> thanks
> Chris
> Pittsboro, NC
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