X-box... It Moves.. it really moves!!

[PaulJL]

New washer bottle courtesy of Tim

 

[S0updragon]

Very nice!

 

[PaulJL]

So. Unlike most british engines American engines dont have adjustable rockers. Once the heads are on and the rockers are positioned correctly to give a central contact spot on the valve the required pushrod length needs to be ordered and fitted. The tool needed is a pushrod with a threaded end. Each turn is 0.050" so the total is added to the base length of the tool. I ordered the tool from the states. It's the size of a longer pencil and was $13. Add post and vat it came to over £50!!
Heres the annoying bit. I've just ordered 16 9.560" pushrods from the same company in the states. They are $39. Total including shipping and VAT.... £48... what wierd calculator do the Yanks use??

 

[Panky]

What a faff
You can't beat good old fashioned British rattly tappets

 

[PaulJL]

Finally grew some balls and tried my hand at some engineering that doesnt involve a hammer.. drilling the heads for the locating pins for the new pedestal mount rockers.. got 2 done.. 14 to go.....

 

[PaulJL]

And the (hopefully) final piece of the puzzle... a set of 9.560" pushrods

 

[Panky]

Excellent, hopefully we'll hear it roaring again soon

 

[jimberlake]

Cant wait, sounds a right faff those pushrods though, is that a standard American set up?

 

[PaulJL]

Cant wait, sounds a right faff those pushrods though, is that a standard American set up?

Afraid so. Although the kit I've gone for now is australian.

 

[Gladys Crew]

Excellent, hopefully we'll hear it roaring again soon

May be this weekend if Paul pulls his finger out

 

[commeracer]

Cant wait, sounds a right faff those pushrods though, is that a standard American set up?

Not all of them use hydraulic tappets, you can switch to either. Most Yanks can't be trusted to use a manual gearbox let alone set tappet clearances.

 

[PaulJL]

The new rockers are now shimmed, drilled, pinned, lubed and torqued to spec

 

[PaulJL]

The advantages of living alone...
I also started the process of small details.

 

[PaulJL]

I'm not a polish type of guy ( as some of you know lol) but I couldn't just bolt em back on. I've spent over an hour with some new mops and polish on one of these.. can hardly tell..

 

[S0updragon]

Shiny!

 

[PaulJL]

Shiny shiny now..

 

[PaulJL]

Getting there. Spins over lovely with awesome oil pressure. It would have been running now but the electronic dizzy has decided it's gone into retirement, a repair kit is on it's way.

 

[Panky]

Great stuff, sooooooooon

 

[jimberlake]

Seeing those going up and down must be exciting

 

[PaulJL]

Great stuff, sooooooooon

I've been saying that for longer than I dare to remember...