Quik

yea i just did that and snug them up.then i torqued them down to 20ftlbs. after i did them all i then went back and re did them all again

hawaii5.0

if you get a chiltons manual it tells you exactly how to check the rocker arms. but i didnt have the measuring stuff so i shimmed the rocker arms until i could just barely turn the pushrods with my fingers.

5.0sTheWayToGo

Alright i just want to make sure because i dont want to bend a valve or anything and have to end up doing a whole head job. ohsoquick02 why did you go back and do them again? once i get each cylinder to TDC on the compression stroke i will be able to put the rocker arm on and tighten it down correct? if it knocks after this i have another problem

Quik

well after i did them. i spun the motor over a few times by hand then retorqued them to 20ftlbs. just for a safe reasurence. then once again i did it. so about 3 times total to make sure none had loosend up after rotating the motor.

you shouldnt bend a valve with stock cam and 1.7s

5.0sTheWayToGo

Alright well ill see how it goes. thanks

vfast

OH...IT AN ENGINE NOT A MOTOR

Quik

depends on how you want to look at it.

hawaii5.0

you guys dont have to get each cylinder on tdc. you can check all the valves at 3 crankshaft positions

5.0sTheWayToGo

Thank you to everyone who has given me advise throught the past 2 days. finally got everything working right and ran it at the track tonight. thank you

Quik

yep, glad it turned out better this time