HI ever one i have a 1969 1500 beetle engine i have just but 1600 piston and barrows on it but when i but the rockers on i have no valve gap at all. ive wound out the adjusters all the way and i still can not get a feeler gauge between the rocker and the valve. Please help cheers Adam
you MUST have the cylinder you are adjusting at TDC before adjusting the valves on that cylinder. take the dizzy cap off and rotate the engine clock-wise until the the rotor is pointing toward the #1 cylinder (the front at about 5 o'clock where the little notch in the case of the dizzy is) there is also a little V shaped notch in the crank pulley. this has to be aligned with the crack in the case at the top of the pulley. then take the valve cover off the right side of the motor and adjust the 2 valves toward the front of the engine (front is front of car) these are the intake and exhaust valves for the #1 cylinder. after you get them gaped to .006 snug the jam nut down. then rotate the crank EXACTLY 180 degrees counter-clockwise this will get you to TDC for #2. then adjust the back 2 valves on the right side of the motor (back is back of car) these are valves for #2 cylinder. then put the valve cover back on. rotate the engine another 180 degrees counter-clockwise, this will give you TDC for #3 which is the front left of the motor. adjust them and rotate the crank another and final 180 degrees counter-clockwise for #4 cylinder put the valve cover back on with new gaskets of course and you are done
The problem could be that the crank shaft has not been turned to the place to adjust the valves. The push rods could be the wrong length ones too.
