Thanks for the reply, Dennis. The heads were brand new AMC, and i replaced the adjusting screws (but apparently with crap ones?). Pretty much every adjuster was pitted to varying degrees, but one screw had been eaten away by at least a 1/4 inch. The heads were purchased from the respected Bob Donalds, so i feel confident that those have been built correctly (corroborated by the no-lack-of-power-when-cold thing). Is there a convenient way to check for that after the engine is put together, anyway? Thanks for everyone's replies, -Damon --- Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote: > A lifter will not chew up the adjuster screws. This > will only be done by > screws not being properly hardened, incorrect angle > of the rocker to the > valve stem, ( if the seats were cut, the rockers > need to be shimmed out > or the valve stems properly shortened), or the valve > guides were not > reamed properly cuasing the valves to stick, when > the engine is cold. > This will obviously cause lifter moise and make the > engine run like you > know what unitl the guides expand. > > Dennis ===== '84 Westy (Sparky) w/2.3L WBX (wow... it actually works!) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools |
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