Maually adjusted valves? Really?

I inherited my Mom's 2015 Tacoma Pre-Runner a couple of years ago. I have since bought a book on the truck and I could not believe that in this day and age you have to manually adjust the valves! I have a 1962 Mercury Comet that you have to manually adjust the valves on, but then a couple of years later they came out with self adjusting hydraulic valves. Is Toyota going forward or backward in their engineering?

 

I dunno about that vehicle but when I was a younger man there was nothing more satisfying to me than getting into a motor and tuning that baby up so she would run like new. You had a range of and on the adjustments that you could kind of personalize to your liking too. Can't hardly do that now days. Some things you can but not like on the older motors.

 

Yep I don’t bite just read

 

The difference is, in 1962 you really had to.

Now, you generally don’t.

Sell that piece of shit and get a BMW. You deserve something better.

 

LMAO

 

X2

 

And this person inherited it. I hate when that happens. I'd rather pay for it for 6 or 7 years...

 

And it's not just a matter of adjusting the valves, it's taking off the camshaft and replacing buckets.

http://www.customtacos.com/tech.old...6toyrm/06toypdf/06rmsrc/rm2006ta/00700310.pdf

 

Part it out.

 

PART OUT!!! I call dibs on the visors.

 

Welcome to Tacoma World!

 

Valve lash adjustment is in every vehicle, hydraulic lifters or not. There is a specific clearance even with hydraulics that needs to be checked periodically and set. Hydraulic lifters it is called slip fit adjustment usually and can be set by screw and lock, shim, or pushrod, OHC engines can have screw and nut, most are shim under, shim over, or shim cap.

Only 2 engines I am aware of that don’t have an adjustment on valves, jet engines, and 2-strokes.