[jagarra]

Barry,

Thanks for the advise. I figured something else may be at fault. Any idea what to statically set the valves when cold. My book says to set them .012 on the intake and .018 on the exhaust when engine is warm and idling slowly. A feat kind of hard to do on an engine that may not start.
I am not sure if I should compensate for expansion by reducing the lash or increasing it.

thanks,

gg