So before removing the driver side rocker arm assembly, I noticed that
a valve spring at cylinder #2 appeared overly compressed. After
reseating the push rods and installing the rocker arm assembly, that
valve spring appeared to be less compressed. After quite a few boughts
of cranking I got the engine to run, but at lower RPM engine is rough,
it dies at idle, and there is a new unfamiliar noise at cylinder #2.

When checking head nut torque, I had to remove a little material at
edge of each intake gasket to accommodate a socket onto the upper
middle head nuts. I re-sealed that gasket with black RTV so I highly
doubt the noise I'm hearing is air being sucked in between intake
runner and head.

There's no excuse here just a hard lesson learned;

be damned sure the push rods are properly seated AND STAY SEATED
during rocker arms installation.

I found that slightly turning each push rod helped ensure that it was
seated in the lifter.

Neil.

On 5/16/17, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> After checking head nut torque, i re installed the rocker arms (i was
> careful to ensure push rods were seated to liftrs), cranked the engine, and
> as it fired for a split second, i heard a "clack clack". After that it only
> cranked and sounded like it possibly had less compression. I removed
> the rockers on driver side, checked pushrod to rocker alignment, but one
> push rod (lifter) now seems to be out too far thus not allowing "easy" re
> installation of the rocker. That same set of rockers installed easily
> before.
>
> Could the "clack clack" noise have been a misaligned pushrod to lifter? I
> think i saw this mentioned in someone elses post here, but could a
> misaligned pushrod to lifter cause the retaining clip on lifter to come
> loose or otherwise damage the lifter?

--
Neil n

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