Re: Textbook example of excessive valve lash

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

That's the way it's made and the problem wasn't all that unlikely. The 
thing is, when this problem happened, it didn't keep lifters from getting 
oil, it kept the valves and rocker shafts from getting oil. AMC issued a 
service bulletin on that problem which called for the head bolt running 
through the passage to be machine to make the passage bigger. I have 
instructions for this fix on my website and it's another thing I'll do when 
the engine's apart (I know it hasn't been done to this one).

Matt

At 09:55 PM 8/10/2005 -0400, you wrote:
> Great! My second thought was the oil passage in the block could be 
> blocked, though that's not likely since that passage is a hole drilled 
> beside the lifter bores that intersects them. At least that's the way I 
> recall it being made...
>
> On August 10, 2005 Matt Haas wrote:
>
> > The lifter still has a little spring in it but since the engine's out (this
> > is, of course, the second most expensive phrase, right after "while we're
> > at it"), it's going off to a machine shop to be disassembled, cleaned, and
> > checked out. It's getting a new cam and lifters and if that rocker or push
> > rod is rough looking from the pounding it took, they'll be replaced as
> > well. I intend to completely detail all of the engine accessories to the
> > way they're supposed to be before everything goes back together.
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > At 08:39 AM 8/10/2005 -0400, you wrote:
> > >Looks like a collapsed lifter for sure! You might be able to pull that
> > >one, take it apart, clean it, reassemble (naturally), and put it back to
> > >use. But then replacements are pretty cheap...
> > >
> > >On August 9, 2005 Matt Haas wrote:
> > >
> > > > I think I found the source of my lifter noise:
> > > > http://www.mattsoldcars.com/1967american/bad_lifter.shtml. While I was
> > > > moving the rocker arm shown in the picture back and forth, I heard the
> > > > "tink, tink, tink" noise it was making when I was cranking it.
> > > >
> > > > Matt
> > > >
> > > > mhaas@xxxxxxx
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mhaas@xxxxxxx
Cincinnati, OH
http://www.mattsoldcars.com
1967 Rambler American wagon
1968 Rambler American sedan
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According to a February survey of Internet holdouts released by
UCLA's Center for Communication Policy, people cite
not having a computer as the No. 1 reason they won't go online.