04-29-2006, 10:44 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Modesto,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: Heritage body, built the rest..460 Toploader..9"
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Here we go again......
I was sure I had it made this year....no pressure...car happy, just a few little things to do before the bash, BUT NO.........couldn't be that easy now could it? Rick Parker and myself were out today enjoying the sun and back roads in our area when I noticed something......you know something......engine started to run poorly....maybe a slight rocker noise, but nothing to get excited about. We did think it would be in our best intrest to head home at which time it became a little more pronounced. To make a long story short....I pulled the right side valve cover and found that the pin that retains the roller in the tip of the rocker had come out ....roller falls out....valve stem now rides in that cavity breaking the tip of the valve thus dislodging the valve keepers....etc...etc.....etc..... Guess what I'm doing tomorrow........
John
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6year Heritage A&F
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1969 Hurst SC/Rambler(only 1,512 made) in the middle of restoration.
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