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Sylvester the cat might say that, but I didn't. Didn't say "Thuffering Thuccotash" either. What I said can hardly be posted here!
Went out to the shop tonight to adjust Bobo's valves before installing the rebuilt carbs. I had my laptop on my wife's car's trunk with PDFs from Budoka-san pulled up (thanks again, Daryl! Really above and beyond the call) about the procedure and specs. I felt really cyber hip! Everything went fine, the valves did need adjustment and the rockers looked good, so put the valve covers back on (do need to replace the valve cover gaskets as they're pretty stiff, but not until I fire him off and know there are no HUGE problems.) First the left side, then the right, using a 1-4-3-2 tightening pattern with a "light duty" torque wrench (wrist only, thumb on the left side of the wrench head, 2nd and 3rd fingers at the base of it.) Being very careful.
There are a few things that drive wrenchers/gearheads nuts. One is the classic you're "all done" with a project and then you notice one part that's been hiding behind a drop cord or whatever and you know it's important, and you know that it belongs at the deepest part of the job you thought you just completed. The other one, the one I experienced tonight, is "completing" a job perfectly and simply buttoning things up, and then, while carefully torquing in a valve cover bolt, the pressure goes from moderate (maybe 15ftlbs) to nothing. Yep, I have a sheered valve cover bolt in Bobo's right side head. Nice way to end the evening. Hopefully I can get it with an easy-out, but this may involve a trip with the head to a machine shop. Shucks! Yeah, that's not what I said either!
Went out to the shop tonight to adjust Bobo's valves before installing the rebuilt carbs. I had my laptop on my wife's car's trunk with PDFs from Budoka-san pulled up (thanks again, Daryl! Really above and beyond the call) about the procedure and specs. I felt really cyber hip! Everything went fine, the valves did need adjustment and the rockers looked good, so put the valve covers back on (do need to replace the valve cover gaskets as they're pretty stiff, but not until I fire him off and know there are no HUGE problems.) First the left side, then the right, using a 1-4-3-2 tightening pattern with a "light duty" torque wrench (wrist only, thumb on the left side of the wrench head, 2nd and 3rd fingers at the base of it.) Being very careful.
There are a few things that drive wrenchers/gearheads nuts. One is the classic you're "all done" with a project and then you notice one part that's been hiding behind a drop cord or whatever and you know it's important, and you know that it belongs at the deepest part of the job you thought you just completed.
The other one, the one I experienced tonight, is "completing" a job perfectly and simply buttoning things up, and then, while carefully torquing in a valve cover bolt, the pressure goes from moderate (maybe 15ftlbs) to nothing. Yep, I have a sheered valve cover bolt in Bobo's right side head. Nice way to end the evening. Hopefully I can get it with an easy-out, but this may involve a trip with the head to a machine shop. Shucks! Yeah, that's not what I said either!
