Wtf Le2 heads installed and failure!
04-29-2010, 07:17 AM
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Sorry I dont have any suggestion from what already has been said BUT I have to ask, are you running a AI cam and LE heads? Im not trying to be an *** or hatin just wondering!
edit: maybe thats why you are getting problems, the LE heads doesent like the AI cam! lol J/K, gl man.
edit: maybe thats why you are getting problems, the LE heads doesent like the AI cam! lol J/K, gl man.
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04-29-2010, 11:21 AM
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My guess is a lash problem. Lifters weren't soaked and i'm guessing you didn't prime the engine? You set the lash with the lifters bottom'd out and when the car started the first time it pressurized everything and all of a sudden your lash got real tight real quick. I would loosen it all up and set the lash again.
04-29-2010, 11:26 AM
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Pushrods being too long wouldn't cause a no start, it would just wear out his guides. After he gets it started again he can check wear pattern and replace if necessary.
04-29-2010, 11:33 AM
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i would reset the valve lash. 1/4-1/2 past zero is as much as I'd go with it. Reference Shbox.com for good information. Its easiest to use the 2nd method- engine not running.
04-29-2010, 12:11 PM
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if you set the preload correctly on the rockers you will watch the cup and as soon as it starts going down you are just past "0" lash, then give them a 1/2 or 1/4 turn from that, this is of cource with the cams back side .
04-29-2010, 12:53 PM
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If there are lifters that aren't pumped up; could I keep the rockers very loose, like two revolutions to give the valves ample room to open? Then I could adjust them all after it's running. If there are lifters not pumped up, it seems to me that it would be impossible to set zero lash correctly...
04-29-2010, 01:43 PM
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[QUOTE=sworaz;13256431].
After turning it over trying to start it I would notice light smoke coming from the engine bay (couldn't locate where exactly it was coming from).
Did you check your ground wires? My buddy had this problem and the ground strap got so hot it melted his throttle cable.
After turning it over trying to start it I would notice light smoke coming from the engine bay (couldn't locate where exactly it was coming from).
Did you check your ground wires? My buddy had this problem and the ground strap got so hot it melted his throttle cable.
04-29-2010, 02:14 PM
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to properly set lash you are barely compressing the spring, they do not need to be pumped up
but...another good way to adjust your lash is the engine running method, and if you have any doubts you can do it this way. loosen them all up and start it up, then tighten just until it stops making noise and then go 1/4 or 1/2 or whatever you are setting your lash to
if you are going to do it this way i recommend you cut a peice of cardboard the length of the head and about 6 inches wide to stick straight up and down in the head on the outside so it blocks some of the oil from going everywhere and getting on your headers
does it still make the noise with the covers off though, try to get a friend to crank while you are under the hood to see if you can figure out what it is while it is making the noise
but...another good way to adjust your lash is the engine running method, and if you have any doubts you can do it this way. loosen them all up and start it up, then tighten just until it stops making noise and then go 1/4 or 1/2 or whatever you are setting your lash to
if you are going to do it this way i recommend you cut a peice of cardboard the length of the head and about 6 inches wide to stick straight up and down in the head on the outside so it blocks some of the oil from going everywhere and getting on your headers
does it still make the noise with the covers off though, try to get a friend to crank while you are under the hood to see if you can figure out what it is while it is making the noise
04-29-2010, 02:43 PM
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to properly set lash you are barely compressing the spring, they do not need to be pumped up
but...another good way to adjust your lash is the engine running method, and if you have any doubts you can do it this way. loosen them all up and start it up, then tighten just until it stops making noise and then go 1/4 or 1/2 or whatever you are setting your lash to
if you are going to do it this way i recommend you cut a peice of cardboard the length of the head and about 6 inches wide to stick straight up and down in the head on the outside so it blocks some of the oil from going everywhere and getting on your headers
does it still make the noise with the covers off though, try to get a friend to crank while you are under the hood to see if you can figure out what it is while it is making the noise
but...another good way to adjust your lash is the engine running method, and if you have any doubts you can do it this way. loosen them all up and start it up, then tighten just until it stops making noise and then go 1/4 or 1/2 or whatever you are setting your lash to
if you are going to do it this way i recommend you cut a peice of cardboard the length of the head and about 6 inches wide to stick straight up and down in the head on the outside so it blocks some of the oil from going everywhere and getting on your headers
does it still make the noise with the covers off though, try to get a friend to crank while you are under the hood to see if you can figure out what it is while it is making the noise
04-29-2010, 04:32 PM
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Update: Put the new battery in and it fired right up.
The rockers were all over the place, some way too tight and other wayyy to loose. Adjusted them the best I could before the smoke from my headers forced me out of the garage.
The rockers were all over the place, some way too tight and other wayyy to loose. Adjusted them the best I could before the smoke from my headers forced me out of the garage. 
