[TR] TR3A Rocker arm "spacers"

[amcewen2 at cogeco.ca]

> Check your compression - are the valves closing and sealing as they
> should?

Will try to blag a compression tester, but plugs seem a uniform colour so I'm guessing compression is similar across all
4.

>Is oil reaching the rockers? At idle, take the valve cover off
> and look for oil flow through the rocker shaft holes.

Rocker area is uniformly wet with oil, over all pressure is good.
> Are the nuts on
> the rocker pedestals torqued to spec?

25FTlb

> After noise returns from running 5 mins, have the valve clearances
> changed when the engine is cold again?

Noise returns immediately on startup after the first adjustment, subjectively worse when hot.  Spot checking revealed no
change and all nuts still snug.

>Are the adjusting screws and
> nuts knackered?

Well a couple are rounded now... ;)  But still tighten fine.

Did you tighten the lock nuts enough when setting the
> adjustment?
> I didn't once and lost a pushrod in the ensuing debacle.  Can you feel
> play in the rocker shaft? Is your timing OK?

End float yes, up/down no, but then there's always a couple of springs pushing up on it so I wouldn't feel any virtical
play even if it were there I'm thinking.
>
> Is it one rocker, going clak.....clak.......clak, or more than that
> going clak.clak.clak.clak.clak?

That last one.
>
> I don't know what your problem is, but am sure that spacers won't fix
> it.

No, likely not, however I'm thinking the problem could be the rocker arm shaft and bushings, and since the springs will
have to be out maybe I should replace them for spacers at the same time....


Thanks for the links, I'll check em out.