Larry,
If you can drag yourself from the Kleenex box, have a look under
the valve cover. I suspect you've either ground down a cam lobe or two, or
are machining away a lifter (tappet, follower). A crude check is to observe
(measure) and compare the lift of several pushrods at the rocker. Once a
lifter has worn through its hardness, the deteriorate very quickly, in my
experience. Cam lobes will wear also, but not quite as fast... again, in my
experience. This would account for adequate oil pressure and self
de-adjusting valves.
Good luck. This is nothing to sneeze at. (sorry)
Peter C
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At 08:29 PM 10/9/2000, Larry Macy wrote:
>Ya know, I read this earlier today, and I've bee wondering. (sorry have a
>cold, can't pronounce the n's too well) I recently readjusted the valves
>in the Midget. Man were they off. Now a few weeks later, I find metal in
>the oil. Tonight (third time in 2 weeks), I changed the oil an found no
>metal in the oil. But it is starting to show symptoms of the valves
>needing readjustment. You know, iccky idle, stumbles off line, etc. I
>have collected some oil to send for analysis, but I am not sure that
>helps me. Maybe help somebody else.
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