If any of the have had a valve adjustment recent and took your car to the dealer vs. another place such as Firestone Car Care Center etc. How much did it cost you? A rough estimate will suffice.

Thanks.


[Modified by JSM, 2:23 PM 7/30/2002]

 

$70

 

Thanks! I appreciate it

 

70 bucks is good, and I would caution you letting a "firestone" do it. That is like taking your car to carwash to have the oil changed.

Valve adjustments are easy, you might want to give it a shot yourself if you are so inclined. Just do it to a completely cold engine to ensure better results. Once you see how easy it is, you'll find yourself doing it every 15K or less.

 

I agree about trying to do it yourself. I did mine a month ago by myself and with a friend's help. Neither one of us had actually seen or done it before. It really wasn't that hard. I had the $40 Snap-on tool, Craftsman feeler guages and the instructions I printed off of the C-speed racing website. I suggest buying the tool and doing it yourself. It just sounds intimidating, but I got brave enough to try it myself just because others told me it was pretty easy. And it was.

 

the first time I wanted to get a valve adjustment (years ago) I asked around a local shop AND the dealer... the local shop wanted $110 and the dealer wanted $90... local shop...

I figured since I already had a bunch of tools in the garage, had a helms manual.. and the only missing tools I didn't have was a $45 snap on valve adjustment tool and a $5 feeler guage set.. that I might as well spend $50 (instead of $90 at the dealer) and have the tools to keep and try to gain knowledge/experience on how to do it since my 1 time $50 investment on the tools could enable me to do the adjustments over and over again on my car and friends cars.. vs paying the dealer $90 once to do it once every 15K... I also got new gaskets, and some honda bond.. w/ all the tools, gaskets, hondabond, etc.. it still didn't equal the $90..the dealer wanted = )...

it took me about an hour the first time I did the valve adjustment because I was cautious and didn't want to mess up the first time.. but the process wasn't that hard.. I'd definately recommend doing it yourself if you have decent knowlege w/ tools, and fixing things on your car (I know some people DON'T.. so I won't recommend every1 try it themself)...

 

I need to get one soon too (approaching 60K). Hopefully I'll have some Skunk2 Cams soon...but I'm really curious if it's hard. I don't have a Helms or any headwork experience...and yes, I am intimidated.

 

Acura dealer here wants $90 for it. I think it is about right. I wouldn't trust those small shops in chicago. They can only fix beat up american cars.

 

It really isn't hard. I didn't have any headwork experience either. The only experience I have on the car is installing my suspension components. And that was my first time doing it also. So just print out the instructions from the C-speed racing website and then look it over and see what tools you need to get. And then set aside an hour or two. Have a friend come help also. After I did it, I was sooo glad I didn't pay the dealer to do it. It was way easier than I thought it would be.

 

It is not too hard. The first time looking at your valve train naked is intimidating. Kind of turns me on

My only suggestion is the tool, which makes it easier and a small torque wrench. My first time took about 2 hours and I snapped a couple of adjustment nuts and valve cover bolts. I got down to about 1 hour after a few times. With the tool it takes me about 15-30 minutes or so.

 

yeah its really not that hard...its just intimidating the first time cuz your taking your valve cover off... buy a helms manual or print outt he instructiosn from Bseries.net and C-speed racing.. read and study those pages until you feel comfortable to do it.. then go buy the tools and parts and go do it..