Re: [Amc-list] And he was a goober-tronic! (pushrod wasn't quite pushing)

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

If the access panels aren't leaking leave them alone! You can't hurt the cam or the lifters, they are way too thick. No point in creating a leak that wasn't there! 

If the valves aren't sticky and the valve springs look good maybe you just didn't have that one pushrod seated in the lifter or rocker when you put the head back together. That can bend one as well. If you can push down on the valves now and they quickly pop back up with no time lag at all that might be what happened. Prop the head up on some 2x4 blocks on the floor so you can put some weight into pushing those springs down! 

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Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:54:49 -0500
From: Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>

We'll check it out closely. The valves and springs look good. I'm hoping
I seated it wrong - but, ...

Anyway, the plan is to take off the access plates and peer inside and
hope we didn't do really bad things to the cam.

Thanks for the note on cleaning the deck. I'll go pick up straight razor
blades and clean rags. Should be a fun project.

Tom Jennings wrote:>

> > Yeah, but -- and I hate to be the bearer of evil news -- they don't fall 
> > out without reason, even badly adjusted. Either the valve stem is 
> > sticking in it's guide or the spring is broken or something.
>   
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