Sooooo, I pull the valve cover, and fondle all the pushrods (sounds so dirty)
And look what we have here! -OUCH!-
Four minutes later (literally) and with donor pushrod already installed .....she's runnin like its 1986 again!!!
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PUSHROD CARNAGE! (w/pic)
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backwoodsboy
, Jul 11 2006 10:21 AM
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backwoodsboy
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vintagesubaruparts
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 10:21 AM
Well.....after running 5 qts of diesel fuel through my '86 brat (ea81) to try and "un-gunk" my hydro lifters, (with no problems BTW) I decided that something was definitely amiss when it was STILL clacking and running on 3 cyls.
Sooooo, I pull the valve cover, and fondle all the pushrods (sounds so dirty) And look what we have here! -OUCH!-
Four minutes later (literally) and with donor pushrod already installed .....she's runnin like its 1986 again!!!
Sooooo, I pull the valve cover, and fondle all the pushrods (sounds so dirty)
And look what we have here! -OUCH!-Four minutes later (literally) and with donor pushrod already installed .....she's runnin like its 1986 again!!!
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vintagesubaruparts
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 10:22 AM
(why cant everything else be this easy to fix?!)
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Elite Master of the Subaru
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 11:22 AM
You don't have hydro lifters - that is a solid lifter pushrod. Hydro's are steel, solid are aluminium with steel caps.
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 11:38 AM
How does something like that happen?
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Brattitude Adjustment
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 12:04 PM
You don't have hydro lifters - that is a solid lifter pushrod. Hydro's are steel, solid are aluminium with steel caps.
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not all hydros came with the one piece pushrods.
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vintagesubaruparts
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 12:16 PM
As near as I can figure, that particular valve fell way out of adjustment, and the end of it slapped into the end of the adjuster cup.
Once it had even a slight bend to it, Im sure it was all over with for the high RPMs these motors see in a typical day. Im just guessing here.....correct me if Im wrong.
Once it had even a slight bend to it, Im sure it was all over with for the high RPMs these motors see in a typical day. Im just guessing here.....correct me if Im wrong.
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 05:58 PM
not all hydros came with the one piece pushrods.
Really? Interesting - all the ones I've taken apart had them.... I'll have to look under the valve covers on the one I put in the wagon - it's an 83 block I think. You know when they started?
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