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Date:         Sat, 25 Sep 2004 20:48:56 -0700
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Comments: To: wayout <wayout@IX.NETCOM.COM>
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This a common problem that seems to happen to most people the first time they do this job. All that is wrong is that the push rods are not seated into the lifters. Since the push rods are horizontal in the boxer engine, they tend to drop down out of the deep recess in the lifter as you are installing the rocker assembly. Then the inside tip of the push rod rides on the outer shoulder of the lifter and the effect is that the push rod appears to be too long after you tight down the rocker assembly.

All you need to do is loosen the nuts that hold the rocker shaft to the head and work each push rod with your fingers until you feel the inside end lift up and slide into the lifter. Of course you will need to return the adjusting screws to their original position.

Mark

wayout wrote:

>OK folks who have done their own valves please advise me. >What am I doing wrong? > >I just put a new head gasket on, and am trying to get the valves in the ballpark. >Reading like crazy in the archives and elsewhere. > >PROBLEM 1: Rockers seem tight on the valve springs on the exhaust valve adjustment screw > >I only need to do #1 and #2 because I only replaced the gasket on the right side head. >I turn the motor clockwise till the distributor points at the notch, and the mark on the pulley is in line with the seam in the crankcase. >Thats TDC for #1 right? >THEN: I get under there to attempt to turn out the screws, then set the gaps for .006 per Bob Donalds method. >Problem is, while trying to back the screw out, I have to loosen the exhaust valve adjustment screw ALL THE WAY, and even then, it seems that the rocker arm is still pushed up against the valve spring. I cant rock the rocker with my hands, even when the screw is slack. > >PROBLEM #2 Am I doing this right at all? >So, I set the #1 intake to .006, and the exhaust one is pinned. >Screw it, lets see whats going on on #2. >Then I turn the engine counterclockwise so that the distributor rotor goes 90 degrees, and I line the mark on the pulley back up with the seam in the case. >Thats TDC for #2 right? >Same deal here: Intake can be backed out to the point where the screw is slack, and the rocker moves back and forth, therefore I can adjust it to .006, but the exhaust is same as above. Even with screw backed out all the way, the rocker arm does not move when pushed with my hands. > >Is the mark om my pulley wrong or something? > >Thanks for any wisdom. >Jason L >85GL Kentucky > > >


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