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Title: Hydro Tool
Post by: guzzisteve on June 02, 2020, 01:28:30 PM

Unable to find w/o buying a $500 kit , I made my own. Hydro lifter turned slug at 32mm length, 1'- 3/8" alu tubing drilled & sanded for perfect fit.

(https://i.ibb.co/9Y02ZkP/0602201411-00.jpg) (https://ibb.co/9Y02ZkP)


(https://i.ibb.co/Rb386cq/0602201412-00.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Rb386cq)


It's what is needed to set valves after fixing oil leak in top end, mine's like factory.

Title: Re: Hydro Tool
Post by: Mike Tashjian on June 02, 2020, 02:45:08 PM

Nice to be able to make your own tools.  I bet you can find something else you'd rather spend that 500 dollars on. 

Title: Re: Hydro Tool
Post by: John Croucher on June 02, 2020, 02:54:31 PM

No tool needed.  Turn screw in until contact with rocker arm.  Then 1-1/2 more turns to preload 1.5 mm.

What did the rocker arms look like where they make contact with valve stem? 

Two engines it rebuilt had worn rocker arm pads.  I attribute this wear to low oil pressure and flow to top end.  The loss off pressure comes from leaking around the hydro lifters.