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Piston/Valve clearance

From 1965 Ford Galaxie, documented by jakengle.

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1965 Ford Galaxie - Modeling clay about 1/4" thick in the valve reliefs. Thin plastic bag on top of clay to keep valves from sticking to clay. 1965 Ford Galaxie - Blurry close-up down the length of an assembled aluminum cylinder head, showing the black valve springs, red anodized shaft rocker stands a… 1965 Ford Galaxie - I devised a way to find TDC after torquing the head. 3/8" socket extension thru the plug hole. The magnetic mount is on top of the front fr… 1965 Ford Galaxie - After adjusting the valves on #1 and finding TDC, the cam was degreed and checked out at 108 intake centerline. The engine was then turned… 1965 Ford Galaxie - Another view of clay with valve impressions 1965 Ford Galaxie - Extreme close-up of a cylinder head combustion chamber with white modeling clay packed into it for a volume or valve-clearance check, seen…