Just about finished with a head gasket replacment on my ute with a helping hand from an ex-mechanic mate of mine and we need to know one thing before we finish up. Whats the valve clearance set at ?? We currently have it at 10 thou but not running it till we make sure. Checked out the head guides on this website and they dont state it (or perhaps I missed the info ). Anyone ??

PS: Found this pic posted in another forum and thought Id share it. Go team Tonka!!(Girly pic included, from Jambo 2003)

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.8-.9 from the datsun 1200 book

[edit] it's official im an idiot, i was thinking of spark plug gap cause i just did them recently

Short raceing try 8 in 10 out
Long race try 15 in 18 out
Street car daylie driver 18 in 22 out
ALL in mm

my books old as so its in inches but my feeler gauge also has both. 0.014inch all round by the book. ive got a different cam so im running 0.014 in and 0.018 out.

0.014" (14 thousandths of an inch) on both inlet and exhaust.

Thanks guys. Much appreciated..

Perhaps that information should be added in the head change documentation ???