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Re: intake valve woes

Subject: Re: intake valve woes
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 19:29:01 -0600
Cc: Frank Clarici <spritenut@exit109.com>, David Lieb <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>, Spridgets <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
References: <13425-4193F31A-2634@storefull-3131.bay.webtv.net> <040501c4c848$24522420$c400a8c0@midget> <4193FE6A.2010603@exit109.com>
When I pull the push rods, they go into holes punched into a beer carton, and
kept in the order that the came out of the engine.

Frank Clarici wrote:

> Ok, here's what I want to guess at.
>
> Push rod in upside down?
> Wrong pushrod? different engines used different sizes, so when you store
> them, use different coffee cans like I do ;) 948 /1275
> Maybe something happened to the rocker arm, did it get bent?
> You can remove the rocker arm assembly without replacing the head gasket.
> Drain the coolant to below the head (bottom hose off at the water pump)
> Loosen ALL the head bolts in sequence but keep the plug side nuts a bit
> snug, remove the rocker and carb side nuts.
> Hopefully the plug side nuts are tight enough to keep the head gasket seal.
> I have successfully reused head gaskets before.
> Hell, I used a used head gasket on a different engine when I was in a
> pinch. Sometimes you just don't have a spare H/G in your sack of spares.
> that was then, I now carry a complete head set in my sack of spares.
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> The BETTER not BIGGER Healeys
> http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut





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