GS- wrote:
>
> Dester223@aol.com wrote:
> > Okay, I'm gonna bore you with details.
> > After the Rollers we installed "right" I drove it abuot 147 miles around
> > town and here and there and it was doing fine, then I start to hear a
> > tapping/clicking sound.
>
> If all else fails, let me tell what I ended up doing. Some
> of you may freak out, but it worked. I grabbed some HEAVY aluminum
> foil from the kitchen and with the valve covers off, I more or less
> surrounded the heads so the oil flying off the rockers would drain
> back into the heads and not on the engine and garage. Don't laugh
> cause it worked great. Next with the engine RUNNING, I adjusted
> each rocker till I heard tapping and then went 1/4 past 0 lash to
> get the tapping to stop. I still had to take the covers off a few
> more times to get to those rockers that required more attention
> and more turns (1/2 - 3/4). This was basically a very old trick
> of rocker adjustment with a little aluminum foil added. NO SPILLS
> OF EXPENSIVE SYNTHETIC OIL, just a few spots here and there. I liked
> this method because the engine is telling you where the adjusments
> need to be made and you don't have to rely on just your own touch
> of spinning pushrods. Which brings up a question during adjustment,
> "is the lifter bled or is it loaded? Is the lifter on the base lobe
> of the cam? I'm not saying my way is the right way, but it damn sure
> was ONE easy way to adjust the rockers.
>
> GS -
I wouldn't laugh, this is a perfectly acceptable way to adjust hydraulic
lifters.
A tip:
If you have a old stamped valve cover lying around, you can cut a long
slot in the top so you can get your socket in there and do the
adjustment without spalshing oil all over.
Alan S.
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