1) Drop in a set on new pushrods.
2) Tighten all the rockers finger tight (that'll be enough for the next
step)
3) do a compression test
4) cross fingers you have compression in all cylinders. +/- 7% across all
cylinders is not an issue.
You'll need the pushrods anyway, and following what I just layed out can
save you an arm, a leg, and a weekend of work.
Hope it ends up as pushrods only.
Next time you are about to do a project, ask. We might be able to save tons
of problems on something you aren't familiar with.
TonyC
-----Original Message-----
From: werlax@hotmail.com <werlax@hotmail.com>
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
<dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 9:24 PM
Subject: DML: status of rocker install
>
>Well, the prognosis is not good. As soon as I took off the valve covers I
>could see that the rocker arm shouldn't be situated the way it was. I bent
>at least 1/2 of the pushrods. I replaced the pushrods and the damage to
the
>rocker arms was minimal... couple of scrapes... and I reinstalled
everything
>with little hope. It tried to start, but no go. Checking the compression
>showed zero compression on two of the cylinders. Now I'm faced with head
>and valve repair. I am considering a local place to do a core exchange
>since I need to get this fixed last weekend. I'm just hoping, now, that I
>don't have any piston damage. I won't know until I get the heads off. I
>have a friend who's against core exchanges because he figures that you
don't
>know what you're getting. I figure since they're refurbished and
>guaranteed, I should be ok... and like I said, I need them yesterday. Does
>anyone happen to have a set lying around they'd like to get rid of? *sigh*
>I'll keep everyone informed.
>Mark
>
>
>
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