Lew,
I'm sure you'll get a variety of responses on this, but it has been my
experience that this is one of the weaker points of the oiling system in Spits.
First thing to check is the alignment screw in the rocker shaft is present.
This "phillips" style head actually serves to align the oil channel serving the
rest of the rocker arm assembly. Without it, your rocker shaft will spin in
it's pedastal mounts and you wont see much, if any, oil with the valve cover
off.
Even with the screw in, there isn't a lot of oil getting up here. I
replaced my rocker shaft when I rebuilt my motor. I was surprised how grooved
and flattened the damn thing was, and my screw was still in there. They make
an external oiler which supplies a stronger supply of oil to the top of the
head, but at least a few of the listers have varying opinions on this addition.
Anyway, this ain't no 'murican Iron boy....you lookin' fer a mircle ?
Chris Prugh
72 Spitfar
Morgan Hill, CA
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From: lewis mckillop[SMTP:lsmc@lightspeed.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 1997 12:27 PM
To: spit
Subject: 63 spit top end
IT RUNS!!! I was'nt sure there for a while. Got it running this
morning and it did'nt do to bad. Ran pretty good as long as i kept the
rpms between 2000-5500. I'm not done tinkering yet though. Anyway my
question is this while it was running it held 80lbs of oil pressure but
when i looked under the valve cover (while it was running) i did'nt
notice much oil. I don't know about this little 4 banger but i had a 67
mustang that i put a built 351c in and if i took the valve cover off
while it was running i would get oil all over everything. How much oil
should there be on the valve train while it is running?
thanks again,
lew 63 spit
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