[Land-speed] (NON-lsr) New truck-->Old truck

[Benn]

Ed, if the special tool you refer to is to collapse the valve springs on
a DOHC motor (dunno if that's what you have), I made one that worked
quite well from a cheap 6" Channellock knockoff by shortening the jaws.
More details if you need 'em.
Benn

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Weldon" <23.weldon at comcast.net>
To: "'LSR'" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] (NON-lsr) New truck-->Old truck


> David, Glen and Jon -- Thanks for your comments and advice--
> Replying individually:
> David -- The online forums are very helpful. Still wading through
them.  I
> found what sounds like my problem, loss of valve lash and the
resultant
> burning of exhaust valves is a rare but known problem with these
trucks.
> That seems to be the most likely diagnosis at this point.  I've got
time to
> do a good amount of further investigation before tearing down since I
have
> alternative daily drivers.  My LSR street roadster project will be
starting
> out with an SBC "D" motor as a "mule" for shakedown and having fun
while I
> build a serious (read "expensive" XX motor.)
> Glen -- Thanks for the library tip.  A bit of internet searching of
card
> catalogs in local NorCal Bay Area Libraries shows mostly aftermarket
books
> like the Haynes book I already have, Chilton's and others.  Seems to
me that
> factory service manuals have just gotten too pricey for public
libraries to
> invest in the hundreds of books they'd have to buy each year to keep
up.
> The Haynes book I have does cover the subject but the pictures are
poor
> quality and they tend to edit out and combine info to the point where
I
> don't completely trust it for this project.
> Jon-- I'm going for a CD first.  Hopfully working my way through the
pages
> won't be too slow and painstaking on the computer to find what I want.
Once
> there it's easy for me to print a few pages; take them over to my
favorite
> easy chair; chase Clemmie, dachshund queen of the house; and settle
down for
> a read.  A leakdown test is part of the program; and as soon as I find
the
> special tool for changing the Toyota valve shims I'll go through that
part
> and try see just how badly I might have hurt any of the 4 (2 would
have been
> enough for me) valves on that cylnder and whether I can spot a
difference
> with successive leakdown tests after running the engine a bit.
> Thanks again, guys,  Ed
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