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Re: Roller rocker and valve cover clearance

To: "Doug Mallory" <rdmallory@earthling.net>, <BlueGolfer@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Roller rocker and valve cover clearance
From: "louabbot" <louabbot@mail.ameritel.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 18:30:23 -0600
I took the "two gasket" route and it works fine
Lou

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> From: Doug Mallory <rdmallory@earthling.net>
> To: BlueGolfer@aol.com
> Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Roller rocker and valve cover clearance
> Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 11:12 AM
> 
> Grind them out...
> 
> I have the same setup with no problem. You can run two gaskets glued
together
> but I did not want to take that route.
> 
> Doug
> 
> BlueGolfer@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Darn, I just had aluminum roller rockers installed on my motor.  I now
find
> > that they are taller than the stock rockers and interfere with the
baffles
> > inside the cast aluminum Sunbeam Tiger Powered by Ford valve covers. 
Has
> > anyone else run into this problem and what did you do?
> >
> > I'm concerned that removing the baffles will spray oil out the holes in
the
> > valve covers.  Perhaps there is a spacer one can buy to raise the valve
cover?
> >
> > Rob Kempinski
> > Baffled in Florida
> 

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