Maro

When you going to pick up the computer, Bill? Need any help?

Well... no matter... Ended up trading the car in on a new Legacy GT. She had 162K miles on her, so many more things were coming due to be replaced....

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Well.... closed the deal last night and became a proud new owner of an '05 Legacy GT Limited, 5 speed, STI short throw shifter, spoiler, moonroof, etc. graemlins/thumb.gif Now I just have to wait ~6 weeks for it to be built and delivered....

Wow... how much $$ did all that cost you? Bet it was pricey....

The Camshaft is fine. Lobes all look good and the lifts match up. My $$ is on your second comment... lifters are just wearing out....

Good thought, Nurk... The tie bar is a seperate piece on the LT1 and it kind of looks like a dogbone with two semi-rectangular slots in it. It isn't really hooked to the lifters.... just keeps them square on the cam. Anyhow, the bar was fine. Flat and straight....

Stock valvetrain. Hydraulic roller tappets, hardened pushrods, stock stamped rockers, screw in studs, etc. Motor was never opened prior to the first problem. Haven't found any studs backed out or any rocker nut's backed off. Pushrods have not been found to be bent (not even slightly) and the rocker tip on #4 exhaust was in good shape 3 weeks ago when I put it back on. Only other suggestion I have gotten is that the lifters might be colapsing slightly on occasion, allowing the pushrod and rocker to "float" and come back down off the valve stem. Oil pressure has always been ~ 40 psi while cruising, so I don't think it could be oil pressure related. Do you?

Hey guys... about three weeks ago, I was cruising into work at ~62 with the cruise control on and all of the sudden, I lose a cylinder. Car starts chugging badly under load and blowing oil smoke out the exhaust (pulling it past the rings on the dead cylinder). Limp it home and start pulling it apart to find that the #4 intake rocker arm is 90 deg. out of position and that the pushrod is bouncing around and hitting the valve cover. Anyhow... can't figure it out. Pushrod isn't bent, rocker isn't bent/cracked, and the lifter appears to be be fine. So, I pull the valve train and heads and everything else looks good. Put it back together with a new lifter, pushrod, and rocker assy. for #4 intake. Runs fine for 3 weeks, then all of the sudden, getting off of I-270 last night, it starts ticking pretty badly. The cylinders are still all firing, but it doesn't sound good. SO, I pulled her apart tonight and find that #4 EXHAUST rocker is cocked off of the valve stem and is pushing down on the valve spring retainer! Luckily the retainers stayed steated and the spring stayed put.... Mind you, this is the other valve on #4. Anybody have a clue? Running ~40-45 psi oil pressure. [ 09. July 2004, 10:24 AM: Message edited by: Maro ]

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I've got it if someone can host it up!

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Welcome.... What's with all the lurker's finally introducing themselves? graemlins/wtf.gif

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I could only get an offer of $750 for my '95 Z WITH drivetrain.... With that kind of damage, you won't get much outta it... maybe a couple hundred...

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Already responded back to you, Rep!

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