the references. Where's the best/cheapest place to get the valve adjustment tools? Or wouldn't I really need them?
Supposedly it can be done without, but it's rather painful. I made my own out of long 14mm wrenches from the pawnshop and a torch. Don't start with flimsy ones as the bends you put in them really cut down their rigidity. The third wrench is rarely needed, it's just to keep the valve keeper from spinning (negating attempts to change valve lash), but it rarely does this.
Also on the subject of tools... How important is the glow plug reamer, and what's the best place to get one?
Not very, unless you need one! So far I have not. They are most necessary when you've had a plug burned out for awhile but have kept driving it, allowing it to really coke up in there.
And I keep hearing about the timing chain stretch. If I do the valves myself, is it quite easy to measure the stretch at that time?
Trivial. But make _sure_ you are using the right dingus on the crankshaft damper to read the scale against! -- Jim
