86 Cherokee rough idle looks like due to loose push rod!
 

Ok...
Pulled valve cover...
Sitting there making itself too obvious is the push rod closest to the front
of the vehicle just sitting loose.
I picked it up and noticed it's clogged... put a piece of straw down the
hole and blew it out. Now clear.

Tried putting it back into place.
Basically I loosened the 1/2" bolts on top of the rocker arms and placed the
bottom of the push rod into the socket I could see down in the bottom of
that "well"... and the top of the rod under the dimple in the rocker arm.

Well, when I retightened the 1/2 inch rocker arm bolts, the rocker arm now
holding that rod is noticably higher than the others. Don't want to crank it
til I get a handle on what's up... so I loosened the bolts and am scratching
my head.

How would this thing just pop out, what does it push on, could that thing
that it pushes on be frozen etc...

--
Skip

Re: 86 Cherokee rough idle looks like due to loose push rod!
 

Fixed!

It was the pushrod.

I was mistaken it was the rear rod on the 3rd cyl from front that was loose.

Some cars will do anything to get a tuneup and some attention ;o)

--
Skip


<Skip> wrote in message news:bujjca01tta@enews4.newsguy.com...
> Ok...
> Pulled valve cover...
> Sitting there making itself too obvious is the push rod closest to the
front
> of the vehicle just sitting loose.
> I picked it up and noticed it's clogged... put a piece of straw down the
> hole and blew it out. Now clear.
>
> Tried putting it back into place.
> Basically I loosened the 1/2" bolts on top of the rocker arms and placed
the
> bottom of the push rod into the socket I could see down in the bottom of
> that "well"... and the top of the rod under the dimple in the rocker arm.
>
> Well, when I retightened the 1/2 inch rocker arm bolts, the rocker arm now
> holding that rod is noticably higher than the others. Don't want to crank
it
> til I get a handle on what's up... so I loosened the bolts and am
scratching
> my head.
>
> How would this thing just pop out, what does it push on, could that thing
> that it pushes on be frozen etc...
>
> --
> Skip
>
>
>

Re: 86 Cherokee rough idle looks like due to loose push rod!
 

Fixed!

It was the pushrod.

I was mistaken it was the rear rod on the 3rd cyl from front that was loose.

Some cars will do anything to get a tuneup and some attention ;o)

--
Skip


<Skip> wrote in message news:bujjca01tta@enews4.newsguy.com...
> Ok...
> Pulled valve cover...
> Sitting there making itself too obvious is the push rod closest to the
front
> of the vehicle just sitting loose.
> I picked it up and noticed it's clogged... put a piece of straw down the
> hole and blew it out. Now clear.
>
> Tried putting it back into place.
> Basically I loosened the 1/2" bolts on top of the rocker arms and placed
the
> bottom of the push rod into the socket I could see down in the bottom of
> that "well"... and the top of the rod under the dimple in the rocker arm.
>
> Well, when I retightened the 1/2 inch rocker arm bolts, the rocker arm now
> holding that rod is noticably higher than the others. Don't want to crank
it
> til I get a handle on what's up... so I loosened the bolts and am
scratching
> my head.
>
> How would this thing just pop out, what does it push on, could that thing
> that it pushes on be frozen etc...
>
> --
> Skip
>
>
>

Re: 86 Cherokee rough idle looks like due to loose push rod!
 

Fixed!

It was the pushrod.

I was mistaken it was the rear rod on the 3rd cyl from front that was loose.

Some cars will do anything to get a tuneup and some attention ;o)

--
Skip


<Skip> wrote in message news:bujjca01tta@enews4.newsguy.com...
> Ok...
> Pulled valve cover...
> Sitting there making itself too obvious is the push rod closest to the
front
> of the vehicle just sitting loose.
> I picked it up and noticed it's clogged... put a piece of straw down the
> hole and blew it out. Now clear.
>
> Tried putting it back into place.
> Basically I loosened the 1/2" bolts on top of the rocker arms and placed
the
> bottom of the push rod into the socket I could see down in the bottom of
> that "well"... and the top of the rod under the dimple in the rocker arm.
>
> Well, when I retightened the 1/2 inch rocker arm bolts, the rocker arm now
> holding that rod is noticably higher than the others. Don't want to crank
it
> til I get a handle on what's up... so I loosened the bolts and am
scratching
> my head.
>
> How would this thing just pop out, what does it push on, could that thing
> that it pushes on be frozen etc...
>
> --
> Skip
>
>
>