[Vwdiesel] valve adjustment tools

[Brian and Ruth Decker]

	Who wants to get rid of the solids with shims? They are a lot better
than the hydraulics. The VW solids with shims are pretty much set them and
forget them. I think the only reason the factory went to hydraulics is cost
savings in assembly. Any dummy can pop 8 hydraulics in the holes but with
the solids and shims one at least has to know how to use a feeler gauge plus
be able to add and subtract. I think the 1.6 diesels went to hydraulics in
1986. Every 1.6 I have running now ( 2 N/A, one turbo)and every one I have
ever had were equipped with solids
Brian Decker
1981 Rabbit pickup FF 5 speed, 1.6 N/A diesel
1981 Dasher wagon  9Q Quantum 5 speed, 1.6 N/A diesel
1990 VW Fox 2 door wagon 9Q Quantum 5 speed, 1.6 turbo diesel

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of LBaird119 at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 12:17 PM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] valve adjustment tools

 
In a message dated 4/5/2012 9:09:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
val at mongo.mongobird.com writes:

It's a  pain, and it just barely works.  I was happy to get rid of the shims
on the 1.5 when I transitioned to the 1.6  engines.





All my 1.6 engines still have the same shims as the 1.5 so it's 
not THAT easy to get away from them!   :-D
   Loren
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