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Re: [Spridgets] Rocker install question

To: Larry Macy <lmacy@mac.com>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Rocker install question
From: JMFangio via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 15:43:00 -0500
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A valid point=E2=80=A6 to correct my original post:


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


Install new rocker assembly complete with pillars

> Adjust valve clearance
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> Enjoy the sweet music of a properly running engine.
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> Look down the spark plug holes with a scope to check for piston =
damage.
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> Curse that I will have to remove the head anyway
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> Curse that if I had installed my rebuild with the 1098 stroker crank I =
could have been driving this car.
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> YMMV
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> Lester
> On Jul 9, 2019, at 3:06 PM, Larry Macy <lmacy@mac.com> wrote:
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> Not certain how you are getting from=20
> 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 :-)
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> Just checking your math.
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> Larry
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> =E2=80=94=20
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> Larry B. Macy, Ph.D., LMT
> https://larrythemac.guru <https://larrythemac.guru/>
> Morrisville, PA
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> Being human is not about individual survival or escape. It=E2=80=99s a =
team sport. Whatever future humans have, it will be together.
> ~ douglas rushkoff

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charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">A =
valid point=E2=80=A6 to correct my original post:<div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><div class=3D"" =
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after-white-space;"><div class=3D""><div class=3D""><blockquote =
type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D""><div class=3D"">Plan is to :<br =
class=3D""><br class=3D"">Back off all the adjusters<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">Loosen all the head bolts<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Remove =
the head bolts to the rocker pillars <b class=3D"">and remove rocker =
assembly</b><br =
class=3D""></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div><br =
class=3D""></div><b class=3D"">Install new rocker assembly complete with =
pillars</b></div><div><br class=3D""></div><div><div class=3D"" =
style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: =
after-white-space;"><div class=3D""><div class=3D""><blockquote =
type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D""><div class=3D"">Adjust valve =
clearance<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Enjoy the sweet music of a =
properly running engine.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Look down the =
spark plug holes with a scope to check for piston damage.<br =
class=3D""><br class=3D"">Curse that I will have to remove the head =
anyway<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Curse that if I had installed my =
rebuild with the 1098 stroker crank I could have been driving this =
car.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">YMMV<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">Lester<br =
class=3D""></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><blockquote =
type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Jul 9, 2019, at 3:06 PM, =
Larry Macy &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:lmacy@mac.com"; =
class=3D"">lmacy@mac.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><meta =
http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" =
class=3D""><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: =
space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">Not certain how you =
are getting from&nbsp;<div class=3D"">Remove the head bolts to the =
rocker pillars</div><div class=3D"">to</div><div class=3D"">Adjust the =
clearance</div><div class=3D"">Would you not have any spring compression =
and then no adjustment?</div><div class=3D"">Which, if true, means the =
next step is unlikely :-)</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">Just checking your math.</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Larry<br class=3D""><div class=3D"">
<div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; =
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none;" class=3D"">Larry B. Macy, Ph.D., LMT</div><div =
style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: =
12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: =
normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; =
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><a =
href=3D"mailto:lmacy@mac.com"; class=3D"">lmacy@mac.com</a></div><div =
style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: =
12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: =
normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; =
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><a =
href=3D"https://larrythemac.guru/"; =
class=3D"">https://larrythemac.guru</a></div><div style=3D"caret-color: =
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: =
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: =
normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; =
white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; =
text-decoration: none;" class=3D"">Morrisville, PA</div><div =
style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: =
12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: =
normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; =
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; =
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: =
Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: =
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; =
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: =
none;" class=3D"">Being human is not&nbsp;about individual&nbsp;survival =
or escape. It=E2=80=99s a&nbsp;team sport. Whatever&nbsp;future humans =
have, it&nbsp;will be together.</div><div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, =
0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; =
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; =
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: =
normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; =
text-decoration: none;" class=3D"">~ =
douglas&nbsp;rushkoff</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></di=
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