Rocker shims = NO rocker shaft oiling
While rebuilding my motor, I had the heads "decked" and used the 1121G head gasket. In doing so my preload was a little below and at the lower end of the 0.020 to 0.060 range. To get some more I ordered shims from Mancini and got it to like 32 to 37 so I felt pretty good. Fast forward a few weeks to today when I got everything sorted and anticipated dropping it in tomorrow last thing today I wanted to prime it on the stand, and guess what...no oil. First I thought the rockers where upside-down or backwards, I spun the pump, maybe faster...clockwise of course I thought the pump might be bad but could hear some gurgling so I cracked the filter some...oil everywhere so the pump was working. I took a break, had some coffee and a donut, then remembered the shims. I took the shims out of oil hole pedestals and in a few minutes of spinning and turning I felt like Jed Klampett...now I'm missing the shims and the shafts have a gap at the oil hole. Anyone else have this problem? I'm thinking of using the Dremel and cutting the shims in U shape with a little flare to let the oil flow and allow me to torque the shafts.
Thoughts?
While rebuilding my motor, I had the heads "decked" and used the 1121G head gasket. In doing so my preload was a little below and at the lower end of the 0.020 to 0.060 range. To get some more I ordered shims from Mancini and got it to like 32 to 37 so I felt pretty good. Fast forward a few weeks to today when I got everything sorted and anticipated dropping it in tomorrow last thing today I wanted to prime it on the stand, and guess what...no oil. First I thought the rockers where upside-down or backwards, I spun the pump, maybe faster...clockwise of course I thought the pump might be bad but could hear some gurgling so I cracked the filter some...oil everywhere so the pump was working. I took a break, had some coffee and a donut, then remembered the shims. I took the shims out of oil hole pedestals and in a few minutes of spinning and turning I felt like Jed Klampett...now I'm missing the shims and the shafts have a gap at the oil hole. Anyone else have this problem? I'm thinking of using the Dremel and cutting the shims in U shape with a little flare to let the oil flow and allow me to torque the shafts.
Thoughts?