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You're going to make me go out in the cold garage and remove the valve cove=
r and look to see what kind of spacers I have.Mike
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On Saturday, November 28, 2015 11:15 AM, Peter Caldwell <peter@nosimpor=
t.com> wrote:
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Hmmm=C2=A0 some/most/all? high lift use solid spacers, so back to torquin=
g, I venture.
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On 11/28/2015 12:47 PM, Michael MacLean wrote:
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I will check the rocker bushings, but there is only a few thousand miles =
on the rocker assembly since the 1275 was built a few years ago.=C2=A0 They=
are high ratio (1.5) rockers, but I don't think there is that much wear on=
them yet.=C2=A0 The very first time I put oil in the engine, the oil would=
fill the valve cover before it would eventually drain down in the block.=
=C2=A0 When I built this engine I went kinda crazy trying to lighten the va=
lve train and installed hollow pushrods. Besides, they don't flex or bend.=
=C2=A0 The problem is the holes that the pushrods pass through were enlarge=
d, but apparently not large enough for oil to easily pass by. Mike MacLean
=20
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On Saturday, November 28, 2015 10:01 AM, Peter Caldwell <peter@nosimp=
ort.com> wrote:
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And while loose, you can wiggle the rockers to feel if maybe those bush=
ings are worn, which can be another reason the head gets flooded with oil
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On 11/28/2015 11:53 AM, rrengineer.mike wrote:
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"Palm to forehead", =C2=A0why didn't I think of that? =C2=A0Thanks Peter=
for saving me all that work. Besides, I would have to figure out how my ne=
w electronic works. Mike MacLean=20
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Date: 11/28/2015 9:38 AM (GMT-08:00)=20
To: "rrengineer.mike" <rrengineer.mike@att.net>, spridgets@autox.team.net=
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Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Head Stud Torque Setting=20
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In those desperate times at a race, you loosen adjusting nuts and slide th=
e rocker to the side, unless you have solid spacers.
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On 11/28/2015 11:27 AM, rrengineer.mike wrote:
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I am not pulling the head. I may be wrong, but I have to remove the head=
Stud nuts on the pedastals to lift the rocker assembly off the engine to r=
eplace the pushrods. =C2=A0I'm thinking the other stud nuts have to be loos=
ened also to re-torque the head properly. Is there another way to replace t=
he pushrods without loosening all the head nuts in sequence? Mike MacLean=
=20
=20
=20
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S=C2=AE 5, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone =20
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Date: 11/28/2015 6:30 AM (GMT-08:00)=20
To: spridgets@autox.team.net=20
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Head Stud Torque Setting=20
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Why pull the head at all?
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World Wide Auto Parts of Madison WI
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World Wide Auto Parts of Madison WI
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(608)223-9400
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World Wide Auto Parts of Madison WI
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Madison WI 53716
(608)223-9400
www.nosimport.com
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s I have.</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1448735926361_84413">Mike<br></div><=
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Hmmm some/most/all? high lift use solid spacers, so back to
torquing, I venture.<br clear=3D"none">
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<div class=3D"yiv4805959811moz-cite-prefix">On 11/28/2015 12:47 PM, Michael=
MacLean
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<div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yiv4805959811yui_3_16_0_1_1448735926361_3088=
">I will check
the rocker bushings, but there is only a few thousand miles on
the rocker assembly since the 1275 was built a few years ago.&nbs=
p;
They are high ratio (1.5) rockers, but I don't think there is
that much wear on them yet. The very first time I put oil i=
n
the engine, the oil would fill the valve cover before it would
eventually drain down in the block. When I built this engin=
e
I went kinda crazy trying to lighten the valve train and
installed hollow pushrods. Besides, they don't flex or bend. =
;
The problem is the holes that the pushrods pass through were
enlarged, but apparently not large enough for oil to easily
pass by.</div>
<div dir=3D"ltr">Mike MacLean<br clear=3D"none">
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> On Saturday=
,
November 28, 2015 10:01 AM, Peter Caldwell
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moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" ymailto=3D"mailto:peter@nosimport.com"; target=3D"_bl=
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<div> And while loose, you can wiggle the rockers to
feel if maybe those bushings are worn, which can
be another reason the head gets flooded with oil<br c=
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<div>"Palm to forehead", why didn't I think of
that? Thanks Peter for saving me all that wor=
k.
Besides, I would have to figure out how my new
electronic works.</div>
<div>Mike MacLean</div>
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In those desperate times at a race, you loosen
adjusting nuts and slide the rocker to the side,
unless you have solid spacers.<br clear=3D"none">
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<div>I am not pulling the head. I may be wrong,
but I have to remove the head Stud nuts on the
pedastals to lift the rocker assembly off the
engine to replace the pushrods. I'm thinking
the other stud nuts have to be loosened also to
re-torque the head properly. Is there another
way to replace the pushrods without loosening
all the head nuts in sequence?</div>
<div>Mike MacLean</div>
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