[Spridgets] Rocker install question

JMFangio oldsaabguy at comcast.net
Tue Jul 9 14:43:00 MDT 2019


A valid point… to correct my original post:


> Plan is to :
> 
> Back off all the adjusters
> 
> Loosen all the head bolts
> 
> Remove the head bolts to the rocker pillars and remove rocker assembly


Install new rocker assembly complete with pillars

> Adjust valve clearance
> 
> Enjoy the sweet music of a properly running engine.
> 
> Look down the spark plug holes with a scope to check for piston damage.
> 
> Curse that I will have to remove the head anyway
> 
> Curse that if I had installed my rebuild with the 1098 stroker crank I could have been driving this car.
> 
> YMMV
> 
> Lester
> On Jul 9, 2019, at 3:06 PM, Larry Macy <lmacy at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Not certain how you are getting from 
> Remove the head bolts to the rocker pillars
> to
> Adjust the clearance
> Would you not have any spring compression and then no adjustment?
> Which, if true, means the next step is unlikely :-)
> 
> Just checking your math.
> 
> Larry
> 
>> 
> Larry B. Macy, Ph.D., LMT
> lmacy at mac.com <mailto:lmacy at mac.com>
> https://larrythemac.guru <https://larrythemac.guru/>
> Morrisville, PA
> 
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> ~ douglas rushkoff
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