Condolences on the spot you're in...
FWIW I can't knock you for wanting the car back together so it can move on it's own power,
get yourself healed up and then some before you go playing Hercules again!
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as I see it, you need at least as much free area in the screen to account for the cross section of the pick-up tube pipe
if that makes sense?
rough eyeball guesstimate looks like you're OK there
I'd also get a handful of magnets & line the sides & bottom
of the pan where you can w/o getting
in the way of the pick-up screen
darn those fancy roller components Huh? unfortunately they do fail spectacularly
if your cam is a solid roller you really should run it through a lash inspection, it could reveal / pinpoint a problem if there is one
solid or hydro either way I'd spend a few minutes with a mechanic's listening device when you get it fired. it's amazing what you can hear with a section of electrical conduit on each In & Ex port
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