In my teen-age years, I used to cut a piece of carpet and stick it in
the valve cover. Can you say "HACK"?
Allen Jones wrote:
>
> In days gone by, a dampener could be purchased and used inside the valve
> cover. It bolted to the top of the rockers to muffle valve lash noise (a
> big rectangular thing). I've only seen a couple of these as they are very
> scarce. I guess one could be cobbled up.
>
> Even though there is considerable valve noise (compared to a modern engine),
> it's normal, so I don't worry about it for stock and medium warm inline
> builds.
>
> Allen in Seattle
> '50 3100
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <237459N@knotes.kodak.com>
> To: <Passnb4U@aol.com>; <oletrucks-digest@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 4:51 AM
> Subject: [oletrucks] tappet adjustment
>
> >
> >
> > From: W P. Fricke
> >
> > I wish you luck and would like to hear the outcome. I did an adjustment to
> > my '53 this summer. It was noisy, otherwise ran well (very well). I warmed
> > up the engine thorougly, running around town doing chores. I dove into the
> > garage with it and had my son bump the engine. I went through each valve
> in
> > the correct order according to specs. I remember one intake valve and one
> > exhaust valve that were out of spec. I hoped those to be the causes of my
> > clacking. I buttoned it up with a new cork gasket and ended up with
> > basically the same performance as before: runs well but noisy. So what's
> > the problem and whats the solution?
> >
> > Good luck and let us know how you make out.
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> >
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> >
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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