Fitting my new engine going well.

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kevtherev wrote: My bad

[Rant]Indeed I absolutely loathe the increasing use of that American English term when someone has made a mistake [/Rant off] :wink:

Anyway, 0.1mm is good, so unlikely that crank end play was the cause of the oil leak. Need to consider other causes.
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have you given it a good hard push, often more movement there than you think, it moves when the clutch presses on it so quite a bit of force involved.
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also worth twisting when pushing or pulling as the timing gears can bind a little.
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weimarbus wrote:also worth twisting when pushing or pulling as the timing gears can bind a little.

this messes up the measurement I lock mine so it won't rotate.
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Yes I gave it a good push and pull
Even tried levering it and clouting it
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I can see this ticking lifter is going to bug me.
When I looked at the adjustment screw contact face, it's clearly bugged somebody else, signs of it pounding the valve is evident.
Compared to the rest the screw is in a couple of mm further.
I'm going to undo the screw and leave it over night in an effort to fully expand it.
If it doesn't move then I think I have a bad lifter.
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This is when you wished you had fitted a set of telescopic push rod tubes.
Yes you can crush one out but a having them fited makes the job so much easier.

what cylinder?, 3&4 with standard late exhaust is tight to get the push rods out, particularly 4
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Yes I will get a set of tubes.
Inlet #4 has the hammered adjuster.
Although when Im underneath the sound is more to 1&2
:roll:
So I'm going to do what CJ did and let them all relax over two nights.
Reset to 0 lash and drive them for 30 mins

If this doesn't work I'll be KS ing
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I'll take the intermediate pipe off, it's only been on 4 days :D
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KS lifters finally back in stock at BW (as of last night). Get em quick before I buy them all!

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Bought 4 and four tubes for now.
If this last effort does not work I'll use them.
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Well I'll be darned

Tick gone, knitting needles installed.

I did two things.
1, backed the #4 inlet lifter to zero lash
Left it overnight.
2, changed the oil to 15w/40

Cancelled the Brickwerks order.
Thank you all very much.
Beers on me.

PS I also reset the lpg, and that too has improved the performance astoundingly!
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Good news, though now you'll never know if it was the switch to mineral or the lash adjustment that fixed the problem :)
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Oh it was definitely the lash.
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937carrera wrote:Good news, though now you'll never know if it was the switch to mineral or the lash adjustment that fixed the problem :)
:D
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