S38/S14 Valve shim adjustment tool help!

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  • MySubconscious
    Noobie
    • Mar 2015
    • 11
    #1

    S38/S14 Valve shim adjustment tool help!

    Hey everyone, I've been doing some maintenance on my 91' M5 & am struggling to find the special tool needed to depress the buckets in order to check/change out the valve shims.
    The cheapest I can find this tool is here: https://www.toolsource.com/adjusting...-p-114451.html
    Does anyone know where I could find this for cheaper?
    Also, will I need to check the clearances, then order the correct shims online accordingly? Kind of annoying having the car apart then just waiting a few days for parts.

    I will be doing this along with an ITB synchronization with the carbtune vacuum meter (displays 4 vacuum values at once which is super handy)
    I know to have the engine stone cold when doing the shim job as well.

    Thanks in advance!
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    • reelizmpro
      R3V OG
      • Dec 2003
      • 9459
      #2
      I bought my tool over a decade ago so I can't help you with the price. Chances are the price has gone up since less people provide this service nowadays. As for the shims, buy an assortment of shims. If you get 5 of the most common sizes (370, 375, 380, 385) and you should be good. You aren't adding shims, you're swapping them so you'll have the same number of shims you started with.
      "I'd probably take the E30 M3 in this case just because I love that little car, and how tanky that inline 6 is." - thecj

      85 323i M TECH 1 S52 - ALPINEWEISS/SCHWARZE
      88 M3 - LACHSSILBER/SCHWARZE
      89 M3 - ALPINEWEISS II/M TECH CLOTH-ALCANTARA
      91 M TECHNIC CABRIO TURBO - MACAOBLAU/M TECH CLOTH-LEATHER

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        • MySubconscious
          Noobie
          • Mar 2015
          • 11
          #3
          Originally posted by reelizmpro
          I bought my tool over a decade ago so I can't help you with the price. Chances are the price has gone up since less people provide this service nowadays. As for the shims, buy an assortment of shims. If you get 5 of the most common sizes (370, 375, 380, 385) and you should be good. You aren't adding shims, you're swapping them so you'll have the same number of shims you started with.
          Looks like I'll have to bite it with the pricing. I know I'm not adding shims, i'm replacing them, I read somewhere that you can use Volvo shims for about 1/4 of the price, but want to make sure I get the correct size...

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            • reelizmpro
              R3V OG
              • Dec 2003
              • 9459
              #4
              Correct, Volvo shims work just as well and are cheap. They just don't have a lip on them so they are a little harder to remove but not too difficult.
              "I'd probably take the E30 M3 in this case just because I love that little car, and how tanky that inline 6 is." - thecj

              85 323i M TECH 1 S52 - ALPINEWEISS/SCHWARZE
              88 M3 - LACHSSILBER/SCHWARZE
              89 M3 - ALPINEWEISS II/M TECH CLOTH-ALCANTARA
              91 M TECHNIC CABRIO TURBO - MACAOBLAU/M TECH CLOTH-LEATHER

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                • zadma
                  Noobie
                  • May 2020
                  • 4
                  #5
                  Is the valve shim device the equivalent for the S38 and S14 ?
                  Tutuapp 9apps Showbox
                  Last edited by zadma; 05-14-2020, 02:18 PM.

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                    • MySubconscious
                      Noobie
                      • Mar 2015
                      • 11
                      #6
                      Originally posted by zadma
                      Is the valve shim device the equivalent for the S38 and S14 ?
                      Tutuapp 9apps Showbox
                      Yes, they are the exact same tool.
                      The two engine's also share the same shim sizes.

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