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| Author: | Charlie [ Wed Jul 17, 2002 4:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | lifter mystery |
I have a 71 Dart with a later model Slant/6. The engine has twice now lost a cylinder and run on five. I take the valve cover off and one of the push rods is loose and the lifter is laying over on it's side. I'm guessing this is a faulty hydraulics issue. The lifter bleeds down or fails to pump up, colapses and the cylinder is dead......am I right? OR do I have some other problem? I'd like to install new lifter, pushrods and keep on driving. Any suggestions? dodge47@att.net |
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| Author: | Tom Gilsdorf [ Wed Jul 17, 2002 5:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lifter mystery |
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: I have a 71 Dart with a later model Slant/6.
Unless you have a newer engine, the 71 should be a mechanical cam. We don't have too much info about your engine here, so I'm going to take some shots in the dark. Have you checked this rod for straightness? 225/198 use one length rod, the 170 rod is shorter. Any chance in the world that during a rebuild you could have gotten one of the shorter rods mixed in? Have you checked the rocker arm and the adjusting nut? Maybe you have a cracked rocker arm that is "openning up" of an adjuster that's backing out. Have you done some serious milling on your head and/or block? If the geometry if messed-up, you may want to consider custom length push rods. : : like to install new lifter, pushrods and : keep on driving. I have a lifter and 225 pushrod in my extra NOS pile, so we could fix you up for minimal $$ tlg225ccr@aol.com |
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