Thread: 427 FE dumps roller lifter and eats camshaft
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Old 09-06-2004, 10:19 AM
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Exactly why I mentioned it Ron!!!! Aint it the truth!!!!

By the way, as Pat the Gashole pointed out, the tappet (roller rockers too) clearance was .040 when I got the car. Hard to say HOW it was driven, IF it was ever maintained or WHEN the valves got an adjustment before I bought the car. One of the first things I did was set the clearance at .030 (I don't have "specs" on the cam). I now believe (as Pat suggested) mid 20's would have been better.

It seems these rollers are "sensitive" to being bounced around!
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