Subject: Re: <VV> Engine Problem....What to do? (long, please bear with

[J R Read_HML]

Andy,

Correct, but with the cover off, those items should be obvious.  Hey, I hope
for his sake that it is not a valve seat.  I only came up with that
diagnosis as a result of his description of the circumstances surrounding
the occurrence of the miss.  That is what caused me to say valve seat.

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Later, JR
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
'66 beater Coupe - icemobile 4/140

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kinzelman, Andy" <akinzelm@greatnortherncorp.com>
To: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc@sbcglobal.net>; <ChiefTAM@aol.com>
Cc: "VirtualVairs AA" <VirtualVairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 11:03 AM
Subject: RE: Subject: Re: <VV> Engine Problem....What to do? (long, please
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> JR,
> I think that if one of the following occurred, and the intake valve fails
to open, it might cause those symptoms.
> 1. broken pushrod
> 2. broken rocker arm
> 3. rocker nut or rocker stud backed off
> I could be wrong, but I'm pretty certain this could be the problem.
> Andy K.
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: J R Read_HML [mailto:hmlinc@sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 10:48 AM
> To: Kinzelman, Andy; ChiefTAM@aol.com
> Cc: VirtualVairs AA
> Subject: Re: Subject: Re: <VV> Engine Problem....What to do? (long, please
bear with
>
> I thought the rocker cover was already off.  If a valve seat is partially
> out, that rocker will not close down in the normal fashion.  This will be
a
> BIG indicator that it is a seat.
>
> Attachments are scanned with anti-virus software.
>
> Later, JR