1958 Dexta cylinder head valve clearances

[Tim Comer]

Good evening all,
i want to adjust the valve clearances on my Dexta, i have done a bit of searching and there seems to be various options, does anyone have link for the easiest method? am i right in thinking its a three spanner job?
regards Tim.

[Mervyn Spencer]

Hi Tim,
According to my Fordson Dexta and Super Dexta workshop manual the valve clearances are 0.010 in(0.25mm)Engine hot. Do you perhaps have a copy of a workshop manual, if not please send me a PM and I will upload the various sections to you.

Tring to download Section 1 from the forum for some reason gives a page not found response.

Regards
Mervyn.

[mathias1]

Set the engine with the first cylinder on TDC. There's a mark on the left side of the flywheel housing
Then you can adjust the gap on valve no 1,2,3 and 5.
Now you need to turn the engine 360° and adjust valve 4 and 6.
According to the manual, the gaps should be set to 0,010 for both intake and exhaust valves. The engine has to be warm.

[Tim Comer]

Thank you both for taking the trouble to reply, I managed to do it in the end, i set the gap to 0,012 cold because I found it time consuming and thought the engine would be a lot cooler by time I had finished. The gaps were tight apart from number 5 which was very loose. The engine needs plenty of pre heat to start from cold and the exhaust soon clears but it is breathing quite a bit from the breather pipe.