Guest

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

Guest

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
>
>
>

Guest

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
>
>
>

Guest

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
>
>
>