Sat Oct 27, 2018 6:24 pm by bedrockjon
sorry but no,
CB hasn't worked on these motors, I have, you need to compress spring to remove the keepers, you need to somehow hold top of valve down, you MAY be able to pry spring up and get keepers to fall out,
(manual states to stuff rags down around lifter where there are holes that go to the pan, if keeper falls into pan, then you'll need to pull the pan,)
IF you do get the keepers out, spring with the seat will not clear the mushroom lifter, if you roll engine to drop lifter to lowest point you MAY be able to bend spring up and around the lifter,
you will have to do this in reverse and somehow compress spring back up to get both keepers in,
In theory you MAY be able to do this, but my bet is after fighting it you'll wish you just pulled the head and used a flathead valve spring compressor,
valve train is supposed to be noisy, these are solid lifters, there has to be clearance,
do a compression test and vacuum test to make sure you don't have a burnt valve, then take off side covers and adjust valves Hot. yup with that nice red hot manifold right there in the way,
if after you do vacuum, compression, and valve lifter clearance adjustment, you still have problems, buy a head gasket and manifold gasket and do it right.
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