So what have I done wrong 289 v8

[Ean Austral]

Gday All,

I recently replaced my Cam, lifters and springs in my Ford 289 V8. Before I installed the lifters I soaked them in a ice cream container and used a pushrod to prime the lifter ( im sure I did prime them BUT ) .

Put it all back together and fired it up , run the cam in , BUT , by god they are noisey .

SO , how do I stop them from rattling away ?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers Ean

[bobslandies]

Hi Ean,

Did you take up the slack on the rockers by tightening them down onto the posts? Are your pushrods the ones that came from the engine? - IIRC there are different lengths.

Bob

[Sprint]

Did you use any cam break-in lube?

[Ean Austral]

Hi Ean,

Did you take up the slack on the rockers by tightening them down onto the posts? Are you pushrods the ones that came from the engine? - IIRC there are different lengths.

Bob


I did it the way the manual said, but think I need to pre load the lifters/rockers which I never did. I used the original push rods , but they did measure up to spec, so was happy to re-use them.


The manual says there are different length push rods, you are correct.


Cheers Ean

[Ean Austral]

Did you use any cam break-in lube?






Yep plenty..


Cheers Ean

[Ean Austral]

Spent to much time on boats i think... didnt realise that you need to pre-load lifters... Job Done, all good.:D

Thanks for the replies

Cheers Ean