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Reply to "351C trouble."

Charlie: Yes the method i used for the adjustment is the very same as Crane suggests and exacty as Mike Dailey does on hit web site. http://www.panteraplace.com/page131.htm

In fact i have the exact same lifters that he installs on that website of his and he also uses the crane adjustabe valvetrain conversion.

I am going to florida next week and i'll try to get in touch with compcams over there and sort out what the heck is going on with my valvetrain.

How tight should the rockers be when you turn off the engine and remove the valvecovers...should they be loose at all when not in lift or does the plunger in the lifter bottom out over time after the oil pressure goes away and that's why the slack occurs ?

Anyway to me it seems a bit dangerous that the rockers are that loose at any time since let's say i go on a ferry that vibrates quite a bit the rockers might get dislocated and crack !!! when the engine is started again. Something must be wrong with either the cam , lifters or both.

I read on another forum that if something goes wrong with the lifters during the breakin period the cam lobes can go flat in 15 minutes wich in my case would explain why the rockers seem to get more and more loose if it's that way i guess i will have a 0.050 max lift pretty soon.
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