trax99
Well-Known Member
long running saga going on, but, after the radiator split in august causing the head gasket to fail ( spectacularly I might add), I found that the old head was best used as a door stop.
so:-
I replaced the head with a new AMC one.
new metal head gasket
new head bolts
and so on
all either G spec or genuine
cost a bloody fortune
I then spent a leisurely few weekends rebuilding it.
and it ran like a box of spanners, took the rocker cover back off, found the valve settings to be MILES off, reset them with much mumbling to a spot on 0.2mm.
engine ticked over like a sewing machine.
went for a test drive, got about 1/2 a mile when I came to a spluttering smokey ( as in black un-burnt fuel) halt.
towed it home and stripped the rocker cover off again and found the rocker shaft snapped off between valve 6 and 7 at the bolt hole.
before i pull the head off for a second time has anyone got any ideas what happened?
so:-
I replaced the head with a new AMC one.
new metal head gasket
new head bolts
and so on
all either G spec or genuine
cost a bloody fortune
I then spent a leisurely few weekends rebuilding it.
and it ran like a box of spanners, took the rocker cover back off, found the valve settings to be MILES off, reset them with much mumbling to a spot on 0.2mm.
engine ticked over like a sewing machine.
went for a test drive, got about 1/2 a mile when I came to a spluttering smokey ( as in black un-burnt fuel) halt.
towed it home and stripped the rocker cover off again and found the rocker shaft snapped off between valve 6 and 7 at the bolt hole.
before i pull the head off for a second time has anyone got any ideas what happened?