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I could be mistaken on this, my info on this was gathered from a well respected Delica mechanic from across the pond, who I conversed with quite often before I brought my first L400 over in the summer of '09. I was told the lifter was a hydraulic type, and the shim was a sacrificial surface designed to wear before the cam or lifter. I will have to pull a lifter out of one of my core engines and see if it has any oil holes, making it a hydraulic type. The highest mileage ones I see out here, are mine with just over 220km, and my wife's white one we sold in march of '12, which I think also had around 220km when we let it go, but I believe it is still starting and running well, aside from a block heater cord issue last winter. If I'm wrong I apologize, I will, report back once I physically remove one of the here and check.

Jason

X2 its a wear surface as far as i know.

totally should have read the whole post

Thanks everyone for your input.

So they can be adjusted. Anyone know what Mitsubishi recommends for servicing? Again I just want to do the right thing and have my L400 run as long as possible.

Cheers, Darren

Hi Guys,

Just wondering how hard is it to adjust the cam with shims on the L400?

DC

It's a bit of a faff, but not hard. Firstly measure to see if they need adjusting as I described above. Chances are they won't. It's pretty rare for them to need any attention after initial setting up but possible if it's a high mileage vehicle with the original head or if oil changes have been neglected.
I don't know if Mitsubishi have a recommended time-scale for checking but it's simple enough so worth a look whenever the rocker cover is off. Maybe combine the job with replacing leaky half-moon seals or making sure the breather baffle in the top of the rocker cover isn't becoming blocked.....