rockers like wtf!?

ok, installed pushrods, took the car out, motor died, had to toe it home. finally pull the valve covers off and every rocker is loose, and I mean like, falling off loose. wtf me=


now, this is how I put them on. I rotated the motor so that the lifter I was doing the pushrod of was off the lift when I took off the rockers. when I reinstalled them I went finger tight and then turned the bolt 1/4 turn. after I did all of them I jumped the selonoid and turned the motor over a few times. checked to see that all the rockers were still tight and thet the pushrods could be turned with my fingers. some how I thought this was the right way, apparently I was wrong.

so I consulted the haynes manual.

according to them I am supposed to hook up a leakdown tester and tighten the rockers until the gauge looses pressure then back off just so it tightens back up.


who the HELL does it like THIS :damnit:


and I am still like ...................wtf

everything is stock on the heads

how you explaned it in the second half of your post is how I did it

I went to the haynes to look for "torq spec" and what I listed above with the leakdown tester and all is what it told me


should I try some locktite?

ECU5.0 said:

maybe your lifters are collapsed and are causing the problem

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uh oh

I hope you diddn't just give me more work
(j/k but seriouse in a depressing way)


I guess I'll have to look at that tomorrow

I'll keep it alive tomorrow after I bang my car with a wrench a few more times