[J Smith]

First of all let me say that you fellas who perform this service while the engine is in the car are either extremely mechanical or very patient. My hat's off to you!

I dropped engine/tranny to do G50 update, and then got to other things, and then other things, and so on.....and so on.... I wasn't going to do the valve adjust basically because I didn't want to screw anything up. After seeing how easy it is to access everything while the engine is out, I decided to give it a whirl.

Really a rather simple procedure. I used the P123 tool (which seems as though it would be useless if the engine was still in the car), and it's not bad at all if the engine is out. I actually went around 3 times with the .004, then installed the .005 to make sure that wouldn't slide in, and then an .003 to see if it slid in easy. I think I nailed them all. I kept the .004 a little tight, but I can still go around and slide that in without too much effort, it just drags a bit.

How's my newbie procedure sound to the professionals here?

Josh