Date:         Fri, 31 May 2013 21:06:16 -0700
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: that so called quick and dirty head replacement
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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Nice work!

Alistair wrote:

"I forgot to mention before this that I found a bent pushrod when I took the
heads off. If I remember correctly, it was on the side with the (leaking)
spring loaded pushrod tubes. How does a bent pushrod affect the engine if
the valve adjustment is done correctly?"

It can keep bending!  Not a big deal with hydraulic lifters though, at least
to a point.  The real question is how did it get bent?   Usually that's from
a broken valve, but it could have been a broken spring jamming things up
too.

Hopefully you will get a lot of miles out of this engine for all the work!

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Alistair Bell
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 7:42 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: that so called quick and dirty head replacement

Getting close to be finished. Getting tired of it now :)

blog posts of the ordeal here:

http://shufti.wordpress.com/

alistair