Help - valve shims. Only great minds need apply.

[baco99]

i wanna see pictures of you trying to wedge it in the GS. 

[3imo]

once I get the tranny mounted, I'll post some pics. 

[Kerry]

Borrowing heavily from a chart in the Haynes manual, I tried to take almost all of the math out of the "replacement shim selection" process by creating THIS CHART.  (The Haynes chart didn't account for non-standard thicknesses, didn't include inch-based measurements, and didn't have the extra notes.)

All you have to do is 1) measure accurately and 2) interpret the chart correctly.   

Unfortunately, I goofed at the far right of the chart by skipping over the 3.10 shim thickness entirely.   Oops!    I'll try to remember to fix that one of these days....  Luckily, I've never heard of anyone who had to deal with shims in that thickness range.