Does $50 seem to much for this valve adjusting tool?

[deadflo]

A local guy is selling this. Does MSA or anyone still carry these?

[Diseazd]

You don't need it......just use 2 metric wrenches!

[deadflo]

Do you think this tool would make the job easier? Didn't the Idaho guy in what became the Z therapy tune up video make one of these?

[d240zx2]

My Z guru has one of these. He said he's saved a couple of thousand busted knuckles over the years by using it, and it's a bit faster, too.

True, you can get by just hunky-dory without it, but hey, we're largely guys and guys need tools!

[lbpdz]

made my own at not such an extreme angle with the vice/torch. A little bend will do ya

[JLPurcell]

Or just buy a 17mm crows foot, a lot cheaper and does make the job easier!

[Mikez73]

The crows foot does seem just as easy and much cheaper.

What I'd like to see is a more precise (and quicker) way to get the cam lobes up. I have a hard time getting them right by bumping the starter and the fan makes getting a socket on the crankshaft bolt just about impossible.

[sblake01]

I also bent my own wrenches as per lbpdz's post. For bumping the starter, I use a remote switch which is easier than using the ignition.

[moonpup]

The crows foot does seem just as easy and much cheaper.

What I'd like to see is a more precise (and quicker) way to get the cam lobes up. I have a hard time getting them right by bumping the starter and the fan makes getting a socket on the crankshaft bolt just about impossible.

You can put the car in gear and rock it back and forth to line-up the lobes where you want them.

[Oiluj]

I use a closed-end wrench to rotate the crank. Very Precise.

[Bonzi Lon]

I have a thin wall deep well 1 1/16th socket that fits very snug over the crank bolt.

Bonzi Lon

[Z-Luke]

I don't even try getting to the crank. I also just rock the car forward in fourth gear. It only takes 1.5 feet to move the entire motor through a cycle in fourth gear. Take the plugs out and it rolls pretty easy.