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08-05-2007 12:34 PM #1
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Broken Guideplate
What would cause this? What would my next steps be to fixing this?
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08-05-2007 02:17 PM #2
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the back side of your rocker arms are hitting them at full lifte the make of your guide plate look thin to . they look thin . look at your out side of the stamp rocker and the guide plate were it steps up looks like it is hitting there i have had that happen on roller rockers had to go with long pushrods and i would get some gm guilde plates for the old mark 4 engines there are about 1/8 thick the ones you have look like mark 6Irish Diplomacy ..the ability to tell someone to go to Hell ,,So that they will look forward to to the trip
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08-05-2007 02:53 PM #3
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nice denny .hey denny in his photo 1254 you can see on #3 look down the pushrod and the outside of his rocker body the body looks like it sitting on the step up on the guilde plate
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08-05-2007 04:13 PM #4
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Heck, all them dang valves and pushrods are crooked!!!! The BBC valve train always to me looked like proof that some engineer's drink too much!!!!!!
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08-05-2007 04:46 PM #5
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yep your right. dave
Originally Posted by Dave Severson
Heck, all them dang valves and pushrods are crooked!!!! The BBC valve train always to me looked like proof that some engineer's drink too much!!!!!! 
after that bbc engineers did this. them ford guys were drinking at the same well
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08-05-2007 05:04 PM #6
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Had to be on great big party, huh????? Originally Posted by pat mccarthy
yep your right. dave after that bbc engineers did this. them ford guys were drinking at the same well
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