Dester,
Guess you didn't have to worry about them falling out. He-he-he. Hope you
didn't bend any pushrods. Everything is fine here. Got it worked out last
night. Was the distributor position; not the rockers. Catch you later.
Rich
-----Original Message-----
From: Dester223@aol.com [mailto:Dester223@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 11:09 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Now tight is too tight?
Oh, you think THAT'S tight? hehe. did you hear about my Roller install?
I tightened the studs down by hand. THEN.... tightened the nut on top down
to 22 foot pounds and had the valves half open. Anyways, tried to start it
up and all you can hear is the starter motor. Valves half open, no
compression = no no.
-Dester
<< Went to fire up the 'ol Dak last night after installing the roller
rockers
(amont other things). When the starter spun, there didn't seem to be as
much compression resistance as I remember. It wanted to run, but only
sputtered around 1000rpm even with the TB opened up. Didn't leave it run
to
long like this because I need to break in the new cam also. It sounded
like
I wasn't getting a good closed compression stroke.
As I recall, the manual says not to soak the lifters prior to installing,
so
I didn't, even though they have been sitting for three months. I initially
set the rockers around 1/3 loading, and when I finished tightening
(locking)
them down, believe they are more like 1/2 - 2/3 turn loaded. Is this to
much? Could this be my problem? Any help appreciated.
Rich - Ashburn, VA
(the novice rocker installer) >>
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