[s-cars] I have 'one' noisy lifter on a rebuilt AAN head.. question?

[jeff postupack]

Stott:

you are correct, I found the procedure in the AAN workshop  manual.
(don't have a Bentley here right now..)

attached for you the PDF, which won't be visibile on da' List

thanks

Jeff



On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Stott Hare <stott at gwi.net> wrote:

> I recall a procedure described in Bentley to determine if a lifter was good
> or bad.  It involved depressing the lifters with a wooden dowel etc, and
> determining gap via feeler gauges or some such.  If you don't have a
> Bentley
> handy, feel free to hit me directly, and we can chat over the phone tonight
> regarding the procedure xxx xxx xxxx   or I can scan/fax the info to you
> tomorrow (my Bentley is at home not at the office).
>
> -Stott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of jeff postupack
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 4:38 PM
> To: S-Cars
> Subject: [s-cars] I have 'one' noisy lifter on a rebuilt AAN head..
> question?
>
> So I went through this mother of all S$ projects, (1)  piece of which was
> R&R the AAN head with a new rebuild by a famous shop here in NH.
>
> Now running (stronger than before Yippee) I have one stinking lifter
> clicking away.  I am resaonable sure because
> I can listen to it with a stethescope and isolate it to the area in
> question.
>
> Can I prove  a collapsed lifter by:
> 1: Removing the valve cover, and rotating the engine checking the gap
> (feeler gauge) between the offending cam lobe-lifter interface and adjacent
> quiet ones.
> 2: Can I remove that one cam and pluck out the lifter, and install a new
> lifter with the hope of quieting this down?
>
> Since I didn't rebuild the head, I need somebody like Dave Dawson to
> explain.
>
> Yes, I'll go back to my builder for a listen tomorrow.. see what he says.
> I just can't bear to drive it with that freakin racket going on.
>
> Thanks  Jeff Posto
>
> www.sfest.com  <  Be There
> _______________________________________________
> S-CAR-List mailing list
> http://audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/s-car-list
> http://www.audifans.com/kb/List_information
>
>