<VV> Latest Update - was Back to Engine Shop

[J R Read]

He did not list the parts that he had installed on your bill?
Later, JR

>
>Just what does the noise sound like? Is it a faint ticking or a really loud
>ticking? That could be valve seat or it could be a rocker nut backed out. I
>am mentioning this because the new rocker nuts Clark's is selling ( which 
>do
>not look like the stock shaped nuts) did that to me last year right after a
>fresh engine rebuild. The first time was in March 2011 within the first 30
>minutes I drove on the new engine rebuild, the second time was in June 
>while
>I was on a trip. I emailed Clarks about the problem and they searched their
>inventory and said they found quite a few that were defective. Clarks sent
>me a new set which was nice of them, but I was too leery of that style nut
>by then so I threw them in a box and bought a standard shaped set from Comp
>Cams and replace the whole set on my engine. The Clarks nuts are crimped in
>2 places into a oval on a thin shoulder where the standard nuts are crimped
>in 3 equal places and have a solid shoulder.
>
>Anyway when the first nut backed out the engine had the symptoms mentioned.
>Loss of power and hard to keep running.
>
>Carlton Smith
>Indianapolis, IN