Hello Vincent people,
I am fiddling about with my newly acquired 54 Comet, you may have seen my other post wanting one, well I succeeded!!
How do you make sure the pushrods are engaged on the followers? Its all a bit tight in there at the top, but not at the bottom!!
I had a nightmare today and managed to successfully ruin the inlet push rod after I put it back in, seemed OK then just turned the motor over and it made an odd noise. I could not fish it out, it all ended up tangled in the camshaft, fortunately only damaging the push rod and not the cam.
I had to open up the timing chest and remove the plate gizmo to get it out. All back together now, except for the push rod, but I do not want to repeat this calamity..
I removed the push rod initially because there was about 3 or 4 thou slop in the tappet but I could not rotate the rod, wanted to check all OK before just tightening it up. Maybe it was slightly bent before I attacked it, no doubt now. Toast!
On a postive note everyting in there looked perfect, so at least I feel confident in the machine, if not my own mechanics!!
Advice gladly received.
Billy.
I am fiddling about with my newly acquired 54 Comet, you may have seen my other post wanting one, well I succeeded!!
How do you make sure the pushrods are engaged on the followers? Its all a bit tight in there at the top, but not at the bottom!!
I had a nightmare today and managed to successfully ruin the inlet push rod after I put it back in, seemed OK then just turned the motor over and it made an odd noise. I could not fish it out, it all ended up tangled in the camshaft, fortunately only damaging the push rod and not the cam.
I had to open up the timing chest and remove the plate gizmo to get it out. All back together now, except for the push rod, but I do not want to repeat this calamity..
I removed the push rod initially because there was about 3 or 4 thou slop in the tappet but I could not rotate the rod, wanted to check all OK before just tightening it up. Maybe it was slightly bent before I attacked it, no doubt now. Toast!
On a postive note everyting in there looked perfect, so at least I feel confident in the machine, if not my own mechanics!!
Advice gladly received.
Billy.
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