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You are so right Gary, I overlooked that paragraph!

Why where the lifter stuck?  Varnished up, rusted or what?

Cliff
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Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: TeamGrumman-List: Lifters and stuck valves


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> In a message dated 2/21/06 6:01:12 AM, flyv35b@ashc...
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>> Unless SB388C is different from SB388B in this regard (I don't think it
>> is),
>> there is nothing that deals with cleaning or inspecting the hydraulic
>> lifters
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> Part One, Paragraph 4
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> "4. All Engines: Remove push rods, shroud tubes and hydraulic tappet
> assemblies. Disassemble tappet and clean as described in the applicable
> overhaul
> manual."
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> The caveat is, the overhaul manual is vague on how to clean.
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> ALL of the lifters (tappets) in the engine I mentioned were stuck.   Even
> after bleeding the oil out of the tappets, I could NOT compress them; not
> even a
> few thousanths of an inch.   I have no doubt that the valves were not
> closing
> like they should.
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> I soaked them in carburetor cleaner over night and that still did not
> loosen
> them all up.
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> I'm still going to be looking closer at the dry tappet clearance in the
> future.
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> Gary
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