Good question for the list. If it adjusts the oil flow, what keeps the
screw in the proper position?
daveS
----- Original Message -----
From: John F Sandhoff <sandhoff@csus.edu>
To: Dave Stoll <dgstoll@gwi.net>
Cc: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: on the road again...
> It was written:
> > a set screw with a tapered end fell onto the bench. It was out of the
> > rocker shaft tower at the rear of the head... Obviously it was just
> > sitting in the hole (It locks the rocker shaft in place.)
>
> Oh my, it does a little more than that!
>
> As I recall, that screw adjusts the oil flow to the rocker assembly.
> If it is tightened down all of the way, you may be starving the rocker
> shaft for lubrication. It needs to be adjusted to provide a reasonable
> flow of oil to the top end.
>
> Or am I thinking of the A12 engine?
>
> -- John
> John F Sandhoff sandhoff@csus.edu Sacramento, CA
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