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Some of you may have noticed sporadic rocker shaft assembly questions from me over the last couple of months, I took the old shaft off over the weekend and it looked like some wear but not too bad so I went cheap and just got a new shaft instead of a entire rocker rebuild,
Putting it back together was fairly straightforward as I just slid parts off the old shaft back on in the same order onto the new, made sure the plugs were in, bolted her back in adjusted the valves (they were all tight, I take that as a good sign that the rockers were a little loose on the old shaft). I also blew through the oil intake passage on the bottom of the pedestal with the assembly all put together before I put it on to make sure the oil flow path was clear.
Anyway I started the motor up and ran it for a minute or two (roughly) I did not see any oil coming out the little holes on top of the rockers, I know a lot of oil means things are worn, but it would have made me feel better to see a little seepage through the drain hole in the top of the rocker arms. Fear of doing damage and the fact that the garage is over the bedroom and the wife in bed kept me from testing further this evening.
Someone tell me that shaft takes a bit to fill with oil just so I can have pleasant dreams tonight....
Also oil pressure was good from the guage when I ran it. I think there was less valve clatter too, which was one of the goals of the replacement, but probably hard to tell because I haven't fit the valve cover yet.
Putting it back together was fairly straightforward as I just slid parts off the old shaft back on in the same order onto the new, made sure the plugs were in, bolted her back in adjusted the valves (they were all tight, I take that as a good sign that the rockers were a little loose on the old shaft). I also blew through the oil intake passage on the bottom of the pedestal with the assembly all put together before I put it on to make sure the oil flow path was clear.
Anyway I started the motor up and ran it for a minute or two (roughly) I did not see any oil coming out the little holes on top of the rockers, I know a lot of oil means things are worn, but it would have made me feel better to see a little seepage through the drain hole in the top of the rocker arms. Fear of doing damage and the fact that the garage is over the bedroom and the wife in bed kept me from testing further this evening.
Someone tell me that shaft takes a bit to fill with oil just so I can have pleasant dreams tonight....
Also oil pressure was good from the guage when I ran it. I think there was less valve clatter too, which was one of the goals of the replacement, but probably hard to tell because I haven't fit the valve cover yet.