D17 Valve Adjustment

.015" COLD has been my setting for the last 50 years.

I have always used the same.             MACK

I have always felt that trying to do the settings while "hot" are inconsistent, because of the time it takes from beginning to end. It never really stays "hot". Setting when cold at least sees to it everything should be the same from beginning to end and it's much easier to do without burning your fingers.

Deutz says the clearance gets greater on their engine as they heat up. They say to set valves at room temp. after setting over night.

.017" COLD

I have always went .018. We don't all feel a feeler gauge the same. Don't think .001 will matter.            MACK

Guess it's the season for setting valves.  I just did this on the D17, went with the 015 cold.  Thanks!

Just talking about setting valve lash, reminds me that every one has a different feel, I guess as long as the same feel for each valve is used it’s ok
When I went through Diesel school, many years ago, my instructor would make us run several overheads, and say he told us .015 was the setting. He would come by with a 15 and a 16 feeler gauge. He would first use the .016 and he would force it from different angles bending the gauge, he was pushing that hard. If the .016 gauge managed to go in he would fail you. So I remember how hard it was to get the valves set and pass with him. Also these valves had been set thousands of times in a school setting. I don’t go to that much trouble setting them now and never had a problem, but I sure remember him pushing as hard as he could on a feeler gauge.001 to big and bending it to see if you passed to his standard. He said if he could get it under it, that was what it was set at. Glad I don’t work for him.
Sorry I know this didn’t add anything to the post but it made me remember being taught how.
Everyone has a different feel when setting valves, or it seems that way to me.