[Spridgets] Push rod question

Brad Fornal tequila.brad at gmail.com
Sun Apr 5 04:01:55 MDT 2009


I've never heard Frank mentioning working on a 1500.

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Jim Johnson <bmwwxman at gmail.com> wrote:

> You don't mention 1500s...   Could the long ones be from that engine?
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
> On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Frank <spritenut at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Ok, so I assembled a 1275 out of all kinds of parts from buckets of
> > internal engine parts and coffee cans of push rods.
> > I did notice I had 2 different length push rods, about 3/8" or so
> > different.
> > SO I use the longer ones in the 1275, they seem to be too long, no
> > adjustment left and all the valves are open.
> > Well DUHHH! So I remove the rocker assembly and switch to the shorter
> push
> > rods, now I do not have enough thread to adjust the valves correctly.
> > Was there 3 different sizes? 948, 1098, and 1275?
> > Are the rocker assemblys different from 948, 1098, 1275?
> > Or could the lifters be different sizes?
> > Like I said, I have spackle buckets full of engine guts from who knows
> > what.
> > Suppose I used 1098 lifters, 948 push rods, and a 1275 rocker assembly,
> > What is the easiest way to fix it without pulling the head to replace
> > lifters I don't think I have?
> > This is for the Ladybug and my daughter is anxious to hear it run and
> drive
> > down the street.
> > She already registered the car before the engine went in, there are no
> > fluids in it yet and today I managed to put a fuel system in it, rear
> axle
> > assembly,
> > rear brakes, exhaust system, alternator set up, carbs, dizzy, and I
> bought
> > the fluids.
> > I am just about burned out on this project but I would like to see it run
> > too.
> > I really didn't need this *you can not set the valves because you screwed
> > up big time this time* with my daughter sitting in the car making vroom
> > vroom noises.
> >
> > --
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> > Toms River, NJ
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