To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx From: Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx> Subject: Squiggly push rods
I stopped by the machine shop this morning to check on the status of my wagon's engine and I got the low down on what was making all the racket.
All of the intake valves at one point or another decided to give the pistons a little kiss. One of them was apparently feeling a little more amorous than the rest and kissed the piston hard enough to result in a slightly S shaped push rod. -------------------------------- Goes without saying your valve guides may or may not be a new shape.
New valve springs and dampners will stop all that touchey-feeley action in short order.
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