[T3] Valve. Covers..

Jim Adney jadney at vwtype3.org
Mon Oct 31 19:54:54 PDT 2011


On 31 Oct 2011 at 23:33, Dave Hall wrote:

> I always remove the bail-arm downwards - it stays out of the way then, as
> Jeff says.

I was completely wrong when I said upwards. I made that mistake once, 
about 40 years ago when I was completely new to valve adjustment. 
That mistake caused leaky valve covers until I bent the bails back 
again.

> Maybe levering it up to fasten helps seat the bottom edge of the cover
> properly against the head, making leaks less likely.

No, there's no advantage, just disadvantage.  ;-p

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