3208 - Valve Lash Adjustment

[Tim Hannink]

It's really not a bad job to adjust the valves, its getting the
radiator open and pulling the doghouse thats the majority of the
work.

If you have to pull the doghouse for any reason, you might as well
spend another hour adjusting the valves.

My $.02

TJ Hannink
1981 FC-33SB
Winter Park, FL


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Hohnstein"
<MHOHNSTEIN@w...> wrote:
>
> You fellows that want to believe that any engine will hold the
valve adjustment for 100k miles are the kind of owners that get to
replace the engine prematurely. A 3208 should run 300k miles in a
bus IF the valve lash is maintained, the crank bearings are changed
at 100 to 150k miles and the coolant ph is maintained. Obviously
oil and filter change intervals should be observed.
> The truth is few shops WANT to work on an FC and they will lie to
keep from having to. Some of you guys don't know when you are being
set up for failure, and a really, really expensive repair bill.
> Mike Hohnstein
> Germantown, WI
> 83FC35