Re: [T3] valve problem

["Daryl Koch" <pbulman@nycap.rr.com>]

Remember, to get it home, I had to back the locknut off as far as I dared
and then screw in the adjuster screw. With the rockers off, this #2 pushrod
goes much farther into the head than any of the other three pushrods do.
It's as if the camfollower shrunk by about 1/4".

Daryl - 72SB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Wolfe" <russw@classicvw.org>
To: "Type3" <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] valve problem


> On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 22:54, Russ Wolfe wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 22:38, Jim Adney wrote:
> > > On 22 Mar 2005 at 16:49, Daryl Koch wrote:
> > >
> >
> > >
> > > Could the lifter have disintegrated? Russ, does that happen?
> > >
> > > Change the oil and look for chunks of iron....   ;-p
> >
> > I have never seen an OG lifter disintegrate. But I wouldn't want to say
> > on some of the aftermarket ones out there.
>
> When you say the pushrods are not extended as far, are you up on TDC for
> that cylinder??? They won't extend the same unless you are.
>
> --
> Russ Wolfe
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> '66 FB MT
> '64 T34 (not running)
> '65 T1 (not running)
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